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ACHNASHEEN

Composer: Charles H. Lloyd

Born: October 16, 1849, Thornbury, Gloss, England. Died: October 16, 1919, Slough, England. Buried: Windsor Cemetery, Windsor, Berkshire, England. Lloyd attended Thornbury Grammar School and Rossall School, and was a Scholar of Magdalen School, Hertford College, Oxford (BMus 1871, BA 1872, MA 175, DMus 1891). He served as organist at Gloucester Cathedral (1876); Christ Church, Oxford (1882, succeeding Samuel Wesley); precentor of Eton College (1892); organist of the Chapel Royal (1914); and editor of Church Hymns (1903). Sources: Frost, p. 680 Music: Credo Domine Lundy Sacramentum Unitatis Savile St. Frideswide http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/l/o/lloyd_ch.htm  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ACHNASHEEN
Composer: Charles H. Lloyd (1903)
Meter: 9.8.10.5
Incipit: 56532 12433 21767
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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