Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks (21 October 1884 – 1956) was an English
cathedral organist, who served in
St Asaph Cathedral.
Background
Stocks was born in
Essendon, Hertfordshire
Essendon is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire , south-west of Hertford.
The village is on the B158 road above sea level and has a view of the Lea Valley to the north. Although on an ancient site, St Mary's parish church dates mainly ...
. He was the son of Marian Stocks and
Walter Fryer Stocks, an artist. Stocks was also a composer, principally of church music, and the author of books on the training of choristers and cathedral organists.
[''The Musical Times'', March 1956.]
Career
Assistant organist:
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Ely Cathedral 1906–09
Organist of:
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Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil
The Church of St John the Baptist in Yeovil, Somerset, is a Church of England parish church.
The church was built in the late 14th century, but was reconstructed in the 1850s. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The tower, whic ...
1909–11
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St Laurence Church, Ludlow
St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, is a Church of England parish church in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. It is a grade I listed building.
The church is a member of the Greater Churches Group and is the largest parish church in Shropshire. It was one ...
1911–17
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St Asaph Cathedral 1917–56
References
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English classical organists
British male organists
Cathedral organists
1884 births
1956 deaths
People from Essendon, Hertfordshire
20th-century organists
20th-century British male musicians
20th-century classical musicians
Male classical organists