Richard Yates Mander

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Dr. Richard Yates Mander FRCO LRAM (1862 [1] - 31 March 1917) was an English organist and composer.

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Education

He was born in 1862 in Leamington Spa, son of Richard Mander and Esther Evans. [2] His father was a band master.

In 1879 he passed the senior examination of Trinity College of Music, when it was held in Leamington Spa. [3] He was awarded his ARCO in 1883 [4] and his FRCO some time later. He graduated B.Mus (1896) and D.Mus (1902) [5] at Queen's College, Oxford. [6]

In September 1885, he married Elizabeth Catherine Taylor. [7] The children from this marriage were:

He died in Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 31 March 1917 [8] and is buried in Ashey Cemetery.

Appointments

Compositions

He wrote

Cultural offices
Preceded by Organist and Master of the Choristers of St. Philip's Church, Birmingham
1888-1898
Succeeded by
A. G. Thompson

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References

  1. British musical biography. James Duff Brown, Stephen Samuel Stratton – 1897
  2. Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011
  3. Leamington Spa Courier. Saturday 16 August 1879
  4. Musical times - Volume 24 - Page 151, 1883
  5. Leamington Spa Courier - Friday 14 November 1902
  6. Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans, Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, 1997, p. 223.
  7. Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011
  8. Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011
  9. Leamington Spa Courier – Saturday 21 July 1888
  10. Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans, Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, 1997, p. 223.
  11. A directory of composers for organ. John Henderson. 1999. P.287
  12. Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans, Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, 1997, p. 223.