Herbert Walter Wareing (5 April 1857 – 29 March 1918) was an organist and composer based in

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.Who's who in music, Henry Saxe Wyndham, 1915

Life

Wareing was the son of John Wareing and Martha Jane. He studied under Dr.

Charles Swinnerton Heap Charles Swinnerton Heap (10 April 1847 – 11 June 1900) was an English organist, pianist, composer and conductor. Life Heap was born in Birmingham in 1847 and educated at the town's King Edward VI School, where he studied the organ under Walt ...

, and at the

Leipzig Conservatoire The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

under Karl Reinecke,

Salomon Jadassohn Salomon Jadassohn (13 August 1831 – 1 February 1902) was a German pianist, composer and a renowned teacher of piano and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory. Life Jadassohn was born to a Jewish family living in Breslau, the capital of the ...

and

Ernst Richter Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (24 October 18089 April 1879), was a German musical theorist and composer, born at Großschönau, Saxony. He first studied music at Zittau, and afterwards at Leipzig, where he attained so high a reputation that in ...

. He graduated Mus. Bac from the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

in 1882 and Mus. Doc in 1886. Wareing was professor of pianoforte at Malvern College, and directory of the Worcester Cathedral Choir School. He married Louisa Susanna Millward in 1892.

Appointments

*Organist of

St John's Church, Wolverhampton St. John's Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church in Wolverhampton. History The church was built between 1758 and 1776 to designs of either William Baker or Roger Eykyn. It was a response to population pressures result ...

1876–79 *Organist of

St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston, also known as Edgbaston Old Church, is a parish church in the Church of England in Edgbaston, Birmingham. History The Grade II listed church is medieval, but was largely rebuilt in the 19th century. The cha ...

, Birmingham 1881–88 *Organist of St. Nicolas' Church, Kings Norton 1891–1906 *Organist of Christ Church, Malvern 1911–18

Compositions

His compositions include: *Cantatas, Prayer and Praise; New Year's Eve; The Wreck of the Hesperus, for tenor and bass soli, chorus and orchestra, 1895. *Church service in G *Anthems, part-songs, songs. *Concert overture in F (Birmingham, 1879) *String quartet in F (Leipzig, 1876) *Ten concert pieces for violin and pianoforte *Two pieces for violoncello and pianoforte *Pieces for organ and pianoforte

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wareing, Herbert Walter 1857 births 1918 deaths English organists British male organists English composers 19th-century English musicians 19th-century British male musicians