Woof was awarded the Royal Academy of Music's Bronze Metal for Violin in 1904, the Silver Metal for Violin in 1905, and the Dove Prize in 1906. In 1907, he made his debut at Bechstein Hall.
Violin professor: 1909-1939
Viola professor: 1912-1939
Ensemble playing classes: 1914-1923
Family
Rowsby Woof married Victoria Mary Fox, a music teacher, in 1911. He died at St. Andrew's Hospital in Dollis Hill, London in 1943.
Legacy
The Rowsby Woof Prize for Royal Academy of Music violin students, founded by his wife in 1944, was awarded annually in the years 1945 to 1963. The Prize Board listing the awardees was added to the RAM Museum's collection in 2011. Recipients include Colin Sauer, Clarence Myerscough, Brendan O' Reilly and John Georgiadis of the Gabrieli String Quartet, and Roy Malan, founding concertmaster of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. Rowsby Woof is listed in the Musicians' Book of Remembrance in the Musician's Chapel at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in London. Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, once found his young daughter in tears over her violin lesson, a piece by Rowsby Woof. Stating, "I'll fix it for you; I'll put him in the story," he added a story about a gullible dog guarding cabbages in a garden and named the dog Rowsby Woof. The story became Chapter 41 of the book, "Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog."
Selected works
Compositions
Diamond Jubilee, children's song, words by S. R. W., R.Cocks & Co.: London
Reverie, for violin & piano, C. Woodhouse: London, 1909
Little Waltz in first position, for violin & piano, C. Woodhouse: London, 1910
Scherzo, for violin & piano, C. Woodhouse: London, 1910
Scherzo, for piano, Cary & Co.: London, 1912
Swinging, for violin & piano, Cary & Co.: London, 1913
Forsaken, for violin & piano. Cary & Co.: London, 1914
The North Wind, for violin & piano, J. Williams: London, 1919
A Romp, for violin & piano, J. Williams: London, 1919
Four Fancies, for violin & piano. I Caprice II Romance III Minuet IV In church, Anglo-French Music Co.: London, 1920
Valse Capriccio, for violin & piano, J. Williams: London, 1927
Arrangements
Bach, J. S.: Largo and Allegro, arr. violin & piano
Paganini, N. Caprice, arr. violin & piano
Geminiani, F.: Sonata Op.4 No. 10, Two Minuets
Instructional works
The First Position Six short pieces for beginners for violin. Anglo-French Music Co.: London, 1910
