Dr. Richard Yates Mander FRCO LRAM (1862 - 31 March 1917) was an English organist and composer.

Education

He was born in 1862 in

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, son of Richard Mander and Esther Evans. His father was a band master. In 1879 he passed the senior examination of

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, when it was held in Leamington Spa. He was awarded his ARCO in 1883 and his FRCO some time later. He graduated B.Mus (1896) and D.Mus (1902) at Queen's College, Oxford. In September 1885, he married Elizabeth Catherine Taylor. The children from this marriage were: *Richard Noel Mander, b. 1886 *Ester Maud Mander, b. 1887 *Catherine Mary Mander, b. 1889 *Lucy Evelyn Mander, b. 1891 He died in Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 31 March 1917 and is buried in Ashey Cemetery.

Appointments

*Organist and choir master of St. John’s Church, Leamington Spa 1880 – 1888 *Organist of the St Philips Church, Birmingham 1888 - 1898 *Organist of

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1898 - 1917 *He also served as music master of the College of the Blind, Worcester, and of the Royal Naval College at Osborne, Isle of Wight. *He was teacher and organist of the Birmingham and Midland Institute of Music (1892-95) and organist to Ryde Corporation (from 1899).

Compositions

He wrote *some organ music. *A Harvest Anthem, Thou Shalt Shew Us Wonderful Things. *"Glory to Thee, my God, this night" (submitted as his B.Mus exercise).Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans, ''Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland'', 1997, p. 223.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mander, Richard Yates 1862 births 1917 deaths English organists British male organists English composers Fellows of the Royal College of Organists People from Leamington Spa 19th-century English musicians 19th-century British male musicians