Jeff Dunn replied to Steve Schwartz:
>>I know of at least two composing William Wallaces. This one studied
>>with Utah composer Leroy Robertson and with Edmund Rubbra in England.
>
>There's the third, William Vincent Wallace, English opera composer who
>died in 1865.
Not exactly. He was Irish by birth, emigrated to Australia and played
a leading role in the early musical life of Sydney. He also lived and
worked in, among others, the US and a number of European countries.
Vincent was his own addition to his name and was the one he preferred.
Richard Pennycuick