Walter Hartley (1 December 18791939 England and Wales Register – 21 April 1969Walter Hartley, Grant of Probate dated 2 July 1967 with annexed will (copy) for Walter Hartley dated 11 March 1966; Leeds Registry (England).) was an English organist and composer based in Leeds.
Life
He was born in Leeds in 1879. He was educated at Durham University.
Walter married Alice Lillian Wilson, the daughter of Robert Kirby Wilson, on 31 July 1902 in the Brunswick Chapel, Leeds. They had two children: George Wilson Hartley (b. 1903) Constance Hartley (b. 1905)
Appointments
Organist of Providence Chapel, Leeds 1895–1897 Organist of St. Peter's Church, Leeds, 1897–1900 Organist of Queen Street Congregational Church 1900–1909Who's Who in Music, Shaw Publishing Ltd. 1937 Organist of Roscoe Wesleyan Church, Leeds 1909–1914 Organist of St. Mark's Church, Leeds 1914–1921Who's Who in Music, Shaw Publishing Ltd. 1949–50 Organist of Selby Abbey 1922 - 1962
Compositions
He composed: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G Benedicite in F
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