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Richard Yates Mander

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

Education

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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:

  • Richard Noel Mander, b. 1886
  • Ester Maud Mander, b. 1887
  • Catherine Mary Mander, b. 1889
  • Lucy Evelyn Mander, b. 1891

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

Appointments

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Compositions

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He wrote

  • some organ music.[11]
  • A Harvest Anthem, Thou Shalt Shew Us Wonderful Things.
  • "Glory to Thee, my God, this night" (submitted as his B.Mus exercise).[12]
Cultural offices
Preceded by Organist and Master of the Choristers of St. Philip's Church, Birmingham
1888-1898
Succeeded by
A. G. Thompson

References

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  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.