Edward Bairstow
Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (born August 22, 1874 in Huddersfield , West Yorkshire , † May 1, 1946 in York ) was an English organist , music teacher , composer , choir director and conductor .
Bairstow graduated from the University of Durham and received his bachelor's degree in music in 1894 and his PhD in 1901. He worked as an organist in Wigan from 1899 , in Leeds from 1906 and in York from 1913 to 1946. From 1929 he was also Professor of Music at Durham University . He mainly composed church music for the Anglican Church and sonatas . In 1932 he was ennobled.
Works
- Blessed City
- Heavenly Salem
- I Sat Down Under His Shadow
- The lamentation
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
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| SURNAME | Bairstow, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bairstow, Edward Cuthbert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English organist, teacher, composer, choir director and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huddersfield , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1946 |
| Place of death | York , England |