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Haydon Hare

1869 – 1944

British composer

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Lived 1869 – 1944 (aged 74). Haydon Hare was a British composer.

Haydon William Hare FRCO (2 July 1869 – 22 April 1944) was a composer and organist based in Great Yarmouth.

Life

He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, the first child of Thomas and Mary Ann Hare. He was educated at King's School, Peterborough, and was a chorister at the Peterborough Cathedral. He was an articled pupil to Dr. Haydn Keeton.

Haydon Hare was chorus master of the Norwich Musical Festival from 1908 to 1930 and conductor of the Yarmouth Musical Society from 1895 to 1939.

He was the organist in an early Henry Wood Promenade concert, when on 16 September 1909 he performed the Alexandre Guilmant Symphony Number 1 with the New Queen's Hall Orchestra under Henry Wood.

He married Amy Elizabeth Humphreys in August 1898 in St Mary's Church, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. He died on 22 April 1944 in Great Yarmouth, and his wife died in 1964 - also in Great Yarmouth.

Appointments

Organist at Ryhall Church, Rutland, 1883–1885 Organist at All Saints' Church, Stamford, 1885–1893 Organist at Bourne Abbey church, 1893–1895 Organist at St Nicholas' Church, Great Yarmouth, 1895–1944

Compositions He was a composer of: part songs a cantata, O God our help

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The King's (The Cathedral) School
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Who was Haydon Hare?

British composer (1869-1944)

When was Haydon Hare born?

Haydon Hare was born on 2 July 1869.

When did Haydon Hare die?

Haydon Hare died on 22 April 1944.

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Haydon Hare was a composer.

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Haydon Hare was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Haydon Hare

· Wikidata: Q5686513

· DBpedia: Haydon Hare

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