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Encyclopedia > Herbert Brewer

Arthur Herbert Brewer (1865-1928) was an English composer and organist. The organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1896 until his death, he contributed a good deal to the Three Choirs Festival for many years. 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Modern style pipe organ at the concert hall of Aletheia University in Matou, Taiwan The organ is a keyboard instrument with one or more manuals, and usually a pedalboard. ... Gloucester Cathedral from the north east in 1828. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Three Choirs Festival is a British music festival, held each August alternately at the cathedrals of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester and originally featuring their three choirs, which remain central to the week-long programme. ...


Brewer lived in Gloucester his whole life, and was the organist at two of its churches; he also founded the city's choral society in 1905. He had been a cathedral chorister in his boyhood, and began his organ studies with the organist of the same cathedral, C. H. Lloyd. Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in south-west England, close to the Welsh border. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...


As a composer, Brewer was fairly conservative; his output includes church music of all types, cantatas, songs, instrumental works, and orchestral music. Some of it has been recorded on the Priory label. Priory Records is a record company in the UK founded in 1980 and devoted mostly to church music and organ music. ...


References

The Choral Music of Herbert Brewer. Priory Records, 2002. Priory Records is a record company in the UK founded in 1980 and devoted mostly to church music and organ music. ...



 

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