 in 1886 and gained a doctorate in music at Oxford in 1891.Carr's first produced work (with lyricist Adrian Ross) was the burlesque "Faddimir, or the Triumph of Orthodoxy" at the Vaudeville Theatre in London in 1889, which gained the attention of producer George Edwardes.Edwardes began to commission songs from Carr and Ross, including a song for his next Gaiety Theatre burlesque "Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué".