Francis Edward Gladstone (2 March 1845 – 6 September 1928)[1] in Summertown, Oxford, was an English organist. He was related to the politician William Ewart Gladstone.[1]

Career

He was a pupil of Samuel Sebastian Wesley at Winchester Cathedral. He earned his Mus.Doc. at Cambridge University.[1]

He was

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He was also Professor of Organ (1885–99) at the Royal College of Music and Professor of Harmony and Counterpoint there from 1884 to 1910.[1]

He died in Hereford. An obituary observed: "He loved to be well prepared in everything. It was exactly like him, not only to have written the composition for his own funeral but to have coached the monks beforehand who were to sing it."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Dr Francis Edward Gladstone (1845–1928)" Archived 2007-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, reprint of obituary in RCM Magazine 24/3 (1928), 100. Royal College of Music.
  2. ^ John E. West, Cathedral Organists, London: Novello and Company, 1899.
Preceded byJohn Bernard Wilkes Organist and Master of the Choristers, Llandaff Cathedral 1866 – 1870 Succeeded byTheodore Aylward Preceded byEdward Thorne Organist and Master of the Choristers, Chichester Cathedral 1870 – 1873 Succeeded byJames Pyne Preceded byZechariah Buck Organist and Master of the Music, Norwich Cathedral 1877 – 1881 Succeeded byFrederick Atkinson
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