Edwin Edwards (1830–1907) FRCO (

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), was from 1867 until 1886 the Director of Music and Organist at

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. Born in

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, Somerset in 1830. Before taking up the post at Rugby, Edwards was organist to the

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. He is most widely remembered for his psalm chant in F (''Parish Psalter'' 69, Psalm 25, ''Ad te, Domine, levavi''). But Edwards, who was Editor of the ''Rugby School Hymn Book'', also published music for the organ including a ''March in G'' (1881), a one-movement Sonata in E minor (''Sonata da Chiesa''), which appeared in ''The Organist's Quarterly Journal'' Part 62, in 1884., and an ''Introduction and Fugue in C'', first appearing in ''The Organist's Quarterly Journal'', Part 99, in 1893, being re-issued in 1898, under the title ''Prelude and Fugue'', in ''The Anglican Organist'', Vol 15. The ''Introduction and Fugue in C'' and the ''Sonata da Chiesa'' are recently republished. A photograph of Edwin Edwards appears in ''Windows on Warwickshire''. A ''Musical Times'' article (1905) on music at Rugby refers to the "zealous labours" of Mr Edwin Edwards, "former music-master". After twenty two years at the school, it states, he "remained still a highly respected resident in the town." He is listed elsewhere as having conducted the choir of Rugby School in 1867–86, just short of two decades.History of the Rugby Philharmonic
/ref> He died at Rugby in 1907.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Edwin English composers English organists British male organists English choral conductors British male conductors (music) 1830 births 1907 deaths Fellows of the Royal College of Organists 19th-century English musicians 19th-century British male musicians 19th-century organists