Haydon William Hare FRCO (2 July 1869 – 22 April 1944) was a composer and organist based in

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Life

He was born in

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, the first child of Thomas and Mary Ann Hare. He was educated at

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, and was a chorister at the

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. He was an articled pupil to Dr.

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. Haydon Hare was chorus master of the

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from 1908 to 1930 and conductor of the Yarmouth Musical Society from 1895 to 1939. He was the organist in an early Henry Wood Promenade concert, when on 16 September 1909 he performed the

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Symphony Number 1 with the New Queen's Hall Orchestra under Henry Wood. He married Amy Elizabeth Humphreys in August 1898 in St Mary's Church, Wainfleet St Mary, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. He died on 22 April 1944 in Great Yarmouth, and his wife died in 1964 - also in Great Yarmouth.

Appointments

*Organist at Ryhall Church, Rutland, 1883–1885 *Organist at All Saints' Church, Stamford, 1885–1893 *Organist at Bourne Abbey church, 1893–1895 *Organist at Great Yarmouth Minster (The Minster Church of St Nicholas), St Nicholas' Church, Great Yarmouth, 1895–1944

Compositions

He was a composer of: *part songs''Dictionary of Organs and Organists'', 1912 *a cantata, ''O God our help''

References

1869 births 1944 deaths English organists British male organists English composers People from Stamford, Lincolnshire People educated at The King's School, Peterborough Musicians from Cambridgeshire {{UK-musician-stub