Edgar Cyril Robinson FRCO (11 May 1877 – 28 January 1953) was an English organist and composer.
Life
He was born in
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Gainsborough is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The town population was 20,842 at the 2011 census, and estimated at 23,243 in 2019. It lies on the east bank of the River Trent ...
on 11 May 1877, the son of George Robinson and Eliza Jane Dyson. His father was organist at Gainsborough parish church for some 40 years, a position in which Edgar would succeed him.
He was educated at
Lincoln Cathedral School and gained a
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music (BM or BMus) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree, and the majority of work consists of pre ...
degree from
Oxford University
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.
He was awarded
FRCO in 1899. A new 3-manual organ by
Walkers was installed in Gainsborough church in 1906 towards the end of his time there.
p. 169
On 23 April 1915 he enlisted in
No. 23 Squadron RFC and subsequently served overseas.
Appointments
*Assistant organist at
Lincoln Cathedral 1895 - 1899
*Organist of Gainsborough Parish Church 1899 - 1906
*Organist of
All Saints' Church, Wigan
All Saints' Church in Wallgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, is an Anglican parish church. It is in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the Diocese of Liverpool. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List f ...
1906
[''Dictionary of Organs and Organists'']
(1912), p. 324. - 1919
*Choirmaster,
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral is the Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool, built on St James's Mount in Liverpool, and the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool. It may be referred to as the Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool (as recorded in th ...
(retired 1947)
Compositions
He composed a descant to the hymn tune,
''Miles Lane''.
Family life
He married Evelyn Mary Buckmaster. They had two children:
*Evelyn Mary Joyce Robinson (1910-1990)
*Katherine Norma Robinson (1914-1984)
References
1877 births
1953 deaths
English organists
English male organists
People from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Fellows of the Royal College of Organists
People educated at Lincoln Minster School
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