John Clare Billing
John Clare Billing ARCO (1866–1955) was an organist, composer and writer based in England.
John Clare Billing
- Born
- 1866
- Died
- 1955
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- composer
- Education
- Stamford School
- Languages
- English
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Life
Life
He was born in 1866 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and claimed descent from the poet John Clare's family. Billing was educated at Stamford School. He studied organ with Haydn Keeton at Peterborough Cathedral and also James Edward Adkins. He taught at the Bluecoat School in Stamford and became an authority on local history, writing "Jottings" in the Stamford Mercury.
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Appointments
• Organist of St Peter's Church, Southampton 1887 - 1890 • Organist of St John's College, Lancashire 1890 - 1898 • Organist of St Mary's Church, Stamford 1898 - 1905 • Organist of St Mary's Church, Ketton 1905 - 1907 • Organist of St Mary's Church, Stamford 1907 - 1918 • Organist of St Martin's Church, Stamford 1919 - 1927
Compositions
He composed • Slumber Song for Violin & Pianoforte • Vestry Prayers • Your dear Face (song) • Round About Stamford
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- 1.Dictionary of Organs and Organists. 1912
- 2.Chappell & Co (1903) ASIN: B0000CT86D
- 3.Skeffington & Son (1909) ASIN: B0000CT86E
- 4.Reynolds & Co (1915) ASIN: B0000CT86F
- 5.Dolby Brothers (1921) ASIN: B0016MFJA2
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