William Hayman Cummings
William Hayman Cummings (22 August 1831 – 5 June 1915) was an English musician, tenor and organist at Waltham Abbey Church. Cummings was born in Sidbury (near Sidmouth) in Devon. He was educated at St Paul's Cathedral Choir School and the City of London School, becoming a pupil of Dr E. Hobbs and Alberto Randegger, and was for many years a chorister in St Paul's Cathedral and the Temple Church.
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William Hayman Cummings
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- Born
- 1831 · Sidbury.
- Died
- 1915 · Dulwich.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- organist · music educator · musician · composer · singer · musicologist
- Fields
- music · Christian music
- Education
- St Paul's Cathedral School
- Teachers
- Alberto Randegger
- Honours
- Doctor of Music
- Languages
- English
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Born at Sidbury in 1831, died in Dulwich in 1915.
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William Hayman Cummings was a musician, singing teacher, conductor, tenor, musicologist, organist and university teacher, born on 22 August 1831 in Sidbury, United Kingdom and died on 6 June 1915.
William Hayman Cummings studied at St Paul's Cathedral School. Training under Alberto Randegger is recorded. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is music and Christian music. Employment is recorded with Royal Academy of Music, Waltham Abbey and Sacred Harmonic Society. Distinctions recorded are Doctor of Music.
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William Hayman Cummings died in London, United Kingdom, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records London as a place of activity.
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- 1.Boston. The Triennial Festival of the Handel and Haydn Society. How They Did Mendelsshon's "Hymn of Praise" and "Elijah". Chicago Tribune. 2. 15 May 1871.
- 2.Notes and Notions. Derby Daily Telegraph. 4. 4 January 1907.
- 3.Cummings, William H. God Save the King: The Origin and History of the Music and Words of the National Anthem. Novello. 1902.
- 4.Janet Hobbs Johnson. John William Hobbs (1799–1877). FOWNC Newsletter. Friends of West Norwood Cemetery. 49. January 2004.
- 5.Friends of West Norwood Cemetery. Burials in Reused Graves. FOWNC Newsletter. 45. September 2002.
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