Arthur Charles Edwards
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Arthur Charles Edwards FRCO (1869 – 1940) was an organist and composer based in England.
Life
He was born in 1869 in Peterborough, the son of Amos Edwards, Bookseller, and Sarah Elizabeth. He was educated at King's School, Peterborough. He trained under Hugh Brooksbank at Llandaff Cathedral, and also at Southwark Cathedral.
He was awarded Mus Bac from St Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1891.[1][2]
Appointments
- Organist of St. Neot's Church, Huntingdonshire 1892
- Deputy Organist at Llandaff Cathedral 1894
- Organist of Framlingham College 1894 - 1896
- Organist of Bridlington Priory 1896 - 1901
- Organist of St. Andrew's Church, Croydon 1902 - 1906
- Organist of Holy Trinity, Aberystwyth 1907 - 1937?
Compositions
He composed:
- I will lay me down in peace
- Except the Lord build the house
- Far down the ages now
- Molique's March from Abraham
- To faithful shepherds watching
- Tarantella for pianoforte
- Mae y eneidiau, etc. (1937).[3]
References
- ^Oxford University Gazette, Volume 21. University of Oxford. 27 January 1891. p. 270. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^Williams, Charles Francis Abdy (1893). A Short Historical Account of the Degrees in Music at Oxford and Cambridge, With a Chronological List of Graduates in that Faculty from the Year 1463. Nocello, Ewer & Co. p. 117. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^Catalog of Copyright Entries, Musical compositions, Part 3. Library of Congress. Copyright Office. 1938. p. 167. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
