Dr. Richard Yates Mander FRCO LRAM (1862British musical biography. James Duff Brown, Stephen Samuel Stratton – 1897 - 31 March 1917) was an English organist and composer.
Education
He was born in 1862 in Leamington Spa, son of Richard Mander and Esther Evans.Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011 His father was a band master.
In 1879 he passed the senior examination of Trinity College of Music, when it was held in Leamington Spa.Leamington Spa Courier. Saturday 16 August 1879 He was awarded his ARCO in 1883Musical times - Volume 24 - Page 151, 1883 and his FRCO some time later. He graduated B.Mus (1896) and D.Mus (1902)Leamington Spa Courier - Friday 14 November 1902 at Queen's College, Oxford.Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans, Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, 1997, p. 223.
In September 1885, he married Elizabeth Catherine Taylor.Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011 The children from this marriage were: Richard Noel Mander, b. 1886 Ester Maud Mander, b. 1887 Catherine Mary Mander, b. 1889 Lucy Evelyn Mander, b. 1891
He died in Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 31 March 1917Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011 and is buried in Ashey Cemetery.
Appointments
Organist and choir master of St. John’s Church, Leamington Spa 1880 – 1888Leamington Spa Courier – Saturday 21 July 1888 Organist of the St Philips Church, Birmingham 1888 - 1898 Organist of All Saints' Church, Ryde 1898 - 1917 He also served as music master of the College of the Blind, Worcester, and of the Royal Naval College at Osborne, Isle of Wight. He was teacher and organist of the Birmingham and Midland Institute of Music (1892-95) and organist to Ryde Corporation (from 1899).Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans, Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, 1997, p. 223.
Compositions
A Harvest Anthem, Thou Shalt Shew Us Wonderful Things. "Glory to Thee, my God, this night" (submitted as his B.Mus exercise).Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans, Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, 1997, p. 223.
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