About Henry E. Pether
Lived 1867 – 1932 (aged 64–65). Henry E. Pether was a songwriter and composer.
Henry Edmond Pether (13 November 1867 – 7 February 1932) was an English songwriter and arranger.
He was born in Tottenham, London, and worked for many years as an employee of the music publishers, Francis, Day & Hunter, primarily as an arranger of songs, including traditional folk songs and shanties, for publication as sheet music. As a writer, his most successful songs included "Waiting at the Church" and "Poor John" (both with lyrics by Fred W. Leigh, sung by Vesta Victoria, 1906); and "The Seaside Posters Round the Home" (lyrics by Edgar Bateman, performed by Ernest Hastings, 1919).
He died in Palmers Green, London in 1932, aged 64.
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English songwriter
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Henry E. Pether was born in 1867.
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Henry E. Pether died in 1932.
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