Lloyd, Charles Harford

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Lloyd, Charles Harford

Lloyd, Charles Harford, English organist, conductor, and composer; b. Thornbury, Gloucestershire, Oct. 16, 1849; d. Slough, Oct. 16, 1919. He attended Magdalen Hall, Oxford (Mus.Bac, 1871; B.A., 1872; M.A., 1875; Mus.Doc, 1892). From 1887 to 1892 he was a teacher of organ and composition at the Royal Coll. of Music in London, and from 1892 at Eton Coll. From 1914 until his death he was organist at the Chapel Royal, St. James’s.

Works

vocal: cantatas:Hero and Leander (Worcester, 1884); The Song of Balder (Hereford, 1885); Andromeda (Gloucester, 1886); A Song of Judgment (Hereford, 1891); Sir Ogie and Lady Elsie (Hereford, 1894). other: 7 services; Organ Concerto (1895) and other organ works; piano pieces.

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