Charles Harry Moody
Dr Charles Harry Moody Hon. FRCO (22 March 187410 May 1965) was a composer and organist based in England.
Charles Harry Moody
J.H. Bayley, Ripon · The Musical Times Vol. 49, No. 783 (May 1, 1908) · Public domain
- Name
- Dr Charles Harry Moody
- Born
- 22 March 1874
- Birthplace
- Stourbridge
- Died
- 10 May 1965
- Occupation
- Organist
- Spouse
- Mary Grindall Brayton
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Dr Charles Harry Moody • Honorific Suffix — FRCO • Born — 22 March 1874 • Birthplace — Stourbridge • Died — 10 May 1965 • Occupation — Organist • Spouse — Mary Grindall Brayton • Children — * Barbara Gunhilda Moody • Brian Elgar Moody • Brenda Moody • Parents — * Charles Moody • Lydia Glover
Life
Life
He was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire on 22 March 1874, the son of Charles Moody (1825–1893) and Lydia Glover (1829–1904) He studied organ under T. Westlake Morgan at Bangor Cathedral. He married Mary Grindall Brayton in 1899 in Wigan. The marriage produced: • Barbara Gunhilda Moody (b. 1899) • Brian Elgar Moody (b. 1902) • Brenda Moody (b. 1913) He was appointed CBE and Hon FRCO in 1920. He was also a lecturer in music at the Diocesan Training College in Ripon from 1902 to 1952.
Appointments
Appointments
• Organist of St. Michael's College, Tenbury • Assistant organist of Wells Cathedral 1894–1895 • Organist at All Saints' Church, Wigan 1895–1899 • Organist at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry 1899–1902 • Organist at Ripon Cathedral 1902–1954 • Conductor of the Halifax Choral Society 1917–1922 (John A. Hargreaves: "Every Valley Shall be Exalted, Halifax Choral Society 1818–2018")
Compositions
• Communion Service in B flat • Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D minor • Anthem: Before the ending of the day • Anthem: Except The Lord Keep The House • Hymn: O Spirit Of Our God
Books
• Church Music • The Choir Boy in the Making • Selby Abbey • Ripon Cathedral • Fountains Abbey
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- 1.The Succession of Organists, Watkins Shaw, Clarendon Press. 1991
- 2.32134. 23 November 1920. 11556.
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