Reginald Goss-Custard
Edward Reginald Herbert Goss-Custard (born March 29, 1877 in St Leonards-on-Sea , † June 13, 1956 ) was an English organist and composer .
The brother of the organist Harry Goss-Custard acquired his musical training largely self-taught. He has held several organist positions in London and has given concerts at the Bishopsgate Institute . Among other things, he composed works such as Chelsea Fayre , an Elégie , an Idyll , a March in F , a Fantasia in F and a Serenade in A for the organ and wrote organ arrangements including Tchaikovsky's " The Nutcracker " and the overtures to Beethoven's " Egmont " , Bizet's “ Carmen ”, Hérold's “ Zampa ”, Mozart's “ Le nozze di Figaro ” and Suppés “ Dichter und Bauer ”.
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- Music & Vision - Reginald Goss-Custard
- Frederick W. Thornsby: Dictionary of organs and organists p. 329
- Sheet music and audio files by Reginald Goss-Custard in the International Music Score Library Project
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| SURNAME | Goss-Custard, Reginald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goss-Custard, Edward Reginald Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St Leonards-on-Sea |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1956 |