About Francis Edward Gladstone
Lived 1845 – 1928 (aged 83). Francis Edward Gladstone was a composer, organist and musician.
Francis Edward Gladstone (2 March 1845 – 6 September 1928) in Summertown, Oxford, was an English organist. He was related to the politician William Ewart Gladstone.
He was also Professor of Organ (1885–99) at the Royal College of Music and Professor of Harmony and Counterpoint there from 1884 to 1910.
He died in Hereford. An obituary observed: "He loved to be well prepared in everything. It was exactly like him, not only to have written the composition for his own funeral but to have coached the monks beforehand who were to sing it."
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British musician
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Francis Edward Gladstone was born on 2 March 1845.
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Francis Edward Gladstone died on 6 September 1928.
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Francis Edward Gladstone was a composer, organist and musician.
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