Arthur Charles Edwards FRCO (1869 – 1940) was an organist and composer based in
England
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.
Life
He was born in 1869 in Peterborough, the son of Amos Edwards, Bookseller, and Sarah Elizabeth. He was educated at
King's School, Peterborough. He trained under Hugh Brooksbank at Llandaff Cathedral, and also at Southwark Cathedral.
He was awarded Mus Bac from
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
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in 1891.
Appointments
*Organist of St. Neot's Church, Huntingdonshire 1892
*Deputy Organist at
Llandaff Cathedral
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1894
*Organist of
Framlingham College
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1894 - 1896
*Organist of
Bridlington Priory
Priory Church of St Mary, Bridlington, , commonly known as Bridlington Priory Church is a parish church in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the Diocese of York. It is on the site of an Augustinian priory founded in 1113 which w ...
1896 - 1901
*Organist of St. Andrew's Church, Croydon 1902 - 1906
*Organist of Holy Trinity, Aberystwyth 1907 - 1937?
Compositions
He composed
*I will lay me down in peace
*Except the Lord build the house
*Far down the ages now
*Molique's March from Abraham
*To faithful shepherds watching
*Tarantella for pianoforte
References
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1867 births
1940 deaths
English organists
British male organists
English composers
Fellows of the Royal College of Organists
People educated at The King's School, Peterborough
Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Musicians from Cambridgeshire