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Herbert Walter Wareing

1857 – 1918

British composer

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Lived 1857 – 1918 (aged 60). Herbert Walter Wareing was a British composer.

Herbert Walter Wareing (5 April 1857 – 29 March 1918) was an organist and composer based in England.

Life

Wareing was the son of John Wareing and Martha Jane. He studied under Dr. Charles Swinnerton Heap, and at the Leipzig Conservatoire under Karl Reinecke, Salomon Jadassohn and Ernst Richter.

He graduated Mus. Bac from the University of Cambridge in 1882 and Mus. Doc in 1886. Wareing was professor of pianoforte at Malvern College, and directory of the Worcester Cathedral Choir School.

He married Louisa Susanna Millward in 1892.

Appointments

Organist of St John's Church, Wolverhampton 1876–79 Organist of St Bartholomew's Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1881–88 Organist of St. Nicolas' Church, Kings Norton 1891–1906 Organist of Christ Church, Malvern 1911–18

Compositions

His compositions include: Cantatas, Prayer and Praise; New Year's Eve; The Wreck of the Hesperus, for tenor and bass soli, chorus and orchestra, 1895. Church service in G Anthems, part-songs, songs. Concert overture in F (Birmingham, 1879) String quartet in F (Leipzig, 1876) Ten concert pieces for violin and pianoforte Two pieces for violoncello and pianoforte Pieces for organ and pianoforte

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University of Music and Theatre Leipzig

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Who was Herbert Walter Wareing?

British composer (1857-1918)

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Herbert Walter Wareing was born on 5 April 1857 in Birmingham.

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Herbert Walter Wareing died on 29 March 1918.

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Herbert Walter Wareing was a composer.

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Herbert Walter Wareing was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Herbert Walter Wareing

· Wikidata: Q16059562

· DBpedia: Herbert Wareing

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