Marmaduke Percy Conway, FRCO,

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(1885–1961), was an English organist and writer.

Education

Conway was educated at

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and the Royal College of Music, obtaining a B.Mus in Oxford and a Mus.D in Dublin.

Organist

He later became Organist of All Saints', Eastbourne in 1908, and St. Andrew's, Wells Street, London, in 1917. Four years as Assistant Organist of Wells Cathedral led him to Chichester. In 1931 he left Chichester to become Organist of

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. He retired in 1949. It was during Conway's time as Organist of Chichester Cathedral that an electric blowing apparatus was provided for the Cathedral organ. The blower was housed in the room off the north transept, now known as the Plant Room, and the wind was conveyed through to the

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via an underground conduit still in existence.

Author

He was an accomplished author of

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and

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technique.Organs and Organists of Chichester Cathedral
/ref> * ''Playing a Church Organ'' (1949) London: Latimer House Ltd

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Marmaduke 1885 births 1961 deaths Alumni of the Royal College of Music English organists British male organists Organists & Masters of the Choristers of Chichester Cathedral Fellows of the Royal College of Organists People educated at Bedford School Organists of Ely Cathedral 20th-century organists 20th-century British male musicians 20th-century classical musicians Male classical organists