About Ivor R. Davies
Lived 1901 – 1970 (aged 68–69). Ivor R. Davies was a British organist and composer.
Ivor R. Davies (1901 – 10 May 1970) was an English composer, organist, and organ builder. He won the Royal Academy of Music's Lucas Prize in 1926. Aside from various anthems for church use, his best known work is the 1967 SATB choral cycle Prayers from the Ark, which sets six of the 27 poems from the collection by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold.
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Who was Ivor R. Davies?
English organist and composer of church anthems
When was Ivor R. Davies born?
Ivor R. Davies was born in 1901.
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Ivor R. Davies died on 10 May 1970.
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Ivor R. Davies was an organist and composer.
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Ivor R. Davies was British.
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