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Sir William Henry Harris
org, 1883-1973 GB
Musician / Composer of Classical
Sir William Henry Harris KCVO (28 March 1883 - 6 September 1973) was an English organist and composer, affectionately nicknamed 'Doc H' by his choristers.Harris was born in Fulham, London and died in Petersfield. He was a chorister of Holy Trinity, Tulse Hill. At the age of 14, he took up a "flexible" position as Assistant Organist at St David's Cathedral in Wales, followed at 16 by a scholarship to the Royal College of Music where he was Professor of Organ and Harmony from 1921 to 1955. He was organist at St Augustine's Church, Edgbaston from 1911 to 1919 and concurrently of Assistant Organist at Lichfield Cathedral followed in 1919 by becoming Organist successively at New College and in 1929 Christ Church, Oxford, moving to St. George's Chapel, Windsor in 1933.
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dorians Sing | The Dorian Choir, Peter Godfrey, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, William Byrd, Robert Lucas de Pearsall, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Johannes Brahms, Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir William Henry Harris, David Griffiths | 1983 | Album |
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