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William Reed (musician)

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41:. He held numerous organ and choirmaster posts in churches throughout Canada from 1884 until 1913. His career in this area was cut short as his deafness worsened. He spent the remainder of his career composing and contributing articles to music periodicals like 117:, Quebec, from 1884 until 1888. He then returned to his native city to assume similar posts at American Presbyterian Church and St John the Baptist Church in 1888/1889. In 1899/1900, he was organist at 218: 198: 110:. He served as the college's organist during the late 1870s and early 1880s, having beat out more than 30 applicants for the post. 213: 134: 99: 233: 228: 208: 118: 16:
This article is about the Canadian organist, composer, and conductor. For the English composer and pianist, see
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After returning to Canada, Reed served as the organist/choirmaster at St Peter's Anglican Church in
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considered the latter work "one of the very best Canadian compositions".
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and works for solo organ. His more well known works include the
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in Toronto, and in 1901 he was guest organist at the
26:(9 September 1859 – 2 November 1945) was a Canadian 180: 157: 86:, Reed studied the organ in his youth with 181: 13: 141:. He died in Quebec City in 1945. 77: 14: 245: 151: 219:Canadian male conductors (music) 199:Alumni of Keble College, Oxford 1: 144: 131:Chalmers-Wesley United Church 64:The Resurrection and the Life 70:for organ (1901). His pupil 7: 214:Canadian conductors (music) 62:(1912), the Easter cantata 10: 250: 15: 168:The Canadian Encyclopedia 88:Romain-Octave Pelletier I 56:The Message of the Angels 234:Musicians from Montreal 229:Canadian male organists 209:Canadian male composers 123:Pan-American Exposition 60:The Burden of the Cross 18:William Reed (composer) 104:University of Oxford 100:constituent colleges 58:(1910), the cantata 135:St. Andrew's Church 119:St. Andrew's Church 224:Canadian organists 204:Canadian composers 92:Dominique Ducharme 68:Grand Choeur in D 53:Christmas cantata 241: 173: 172: 155: 66:(1911), and the 249: 248: 244: 243: 242: 240: 239: 238: 179: 178: 177: 176: 159:Helmut Kallmann 156: 152: 147: 80: 78:Life and career 21: 12: 11: 5: 247: 237: 236: 231: 226: 221: 216: 211: 206: 201: 196: 191: 175: 174: 163:"William Reed" 149: 148: 146: 143: 79: 76: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 246: 235: 232: 230: 227: 225: 222: 220: 217: 215: 212: 210: 207: 205: 202: 200: 197: 195: 192: 190: 187: 186: 184: 170: 169: 164: 160: 154: 150: 142: 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 120: 116: 111: 109: 105: 101: 98:, one of the 97: 96:Keble College 93: 89: 85: 75: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 54: 50: 46: 45: 40: 36: 33: 29: 25: 19: 166: 153: 112: 81: 72:Henri Gagnon 67: 63: 59: 55: 42: 24:William Reed 23: 22: 194:1945 deaths 189:1859 births 139:Quebec City 183:Categories 145:References 115:Sherbrooke 44:The Etude 35:conductor 84:Montreal 82:Born in 39:composer 28:organist 127:Buffalo 108:England 102:of the 49:anthems 37:, and 106:, in 32:choir 133:and 90:and 137:in 125:in 185:: 165:. 161:. 30:, 171:. 20:.

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William Reed (composer)
organist
choir
conductor
composer
The Etude
anthems
Christmas cantata
Henri Gagnon
Montreal
Romain-Octave Pelletier I
Dominique Ducharme
Keble College
constituent colleges
University of Oxford
England
Sherbrooke
St. Andrew's Church
Pan-American Exposition
Buffalo
Chalmers-Wesley United Church
St. Andrew's Church
Quebec City
Helmut Kallmann
"William Reed"
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Categories
1859 births
1945 deaths
Alumni of Keble College, Oxford

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