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Walford Davies

Walford Davies
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Short Name: Walford Davies
Full Name: Davies, Walford, 1869-1941
Birth Year: 1869
Death Year: 1941

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Sir Henry Walford Davies KCVO OBE (6 September 1869 – 11 March 1941) was an English composer, organist, and educator who held the title Master of the King's Music from 1934 until 1941. He served with the Royal Air Force during the First World War, during which he composed the Royal Air Force March Past, and was music adviser to the British Broadcasting Corporation, for whom he gave commended talks on music between 1924 and 1941.
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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Walford Davies (37)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[As with gladness men of old] (Davies)H. Walford Davies (Composer)155666 54355 56717
[Chant] (Davies)Henry Walford Davies , 1869-1941 (Composer)136511
[Blessed are the pure in heart] (Davies)H. Walford Davies (Composer)133335 43333 35435
CANTICO DELLE CREATUREH. Walford Davies, Mus. Doc. (Composer)155565 67117 65433
CORNERH. Walford Davies (Arranger)233451 12123 12345
CHILDHOOD (Student's Hymnal, Wales)Walford Davies (Adapter)1013565 43211 15671
CHRISTMAS CAROL (Davies)Walford Davies, 1869-1941 (Composer)2232313 23136 53213
COURAGE (Davies)H. Walford Davies (Arranger)135653 21335 35651
ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEINHenry Walford Davies, 1869-1941 (Adapter and Harmonizer)111531 71256 11711
ETHERINGTONH. Walford Davies (Composer)355165 34211 23453
EVENSONG (Davies)H. Walford Davies, Mus. Doc. (Composer)111111 65453 53543
FIRMAMENT (Davies)H. Walford Davies (Composer)455557 32111 75154
THE ROSY SEQUENCEH. Walford Davies (Arranger)156176 53112 343
GOD BE IN MY HEAD (Davies)Henry Walford Davies , 1869- (Composer)3455532 76727 65555
HAMPSTEAD (Davies)H. Walford Davies (Composer)151335 4231
HEAVENWARD (51217)H. Walford Davies (Arranger)151217 65565
[Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days] (Davies)H. Walford-Davies (Composer)113565 17345 67655
LOVEST THOU ME (Davies)H. Walford Davies, Mus. Doc. (Composer)135323 33112 11356
[My soul doth magnify the Lord] (Davies 57135)Henry Walford Davies, 1869-1941 (Composer)157135 71777
AMERICA (Thesaurus Musicus)Sir Walford Davies (Arranger)211271 23343 21217
O FILII ET FILIAEH. Walford Davies (Arranger)113453 43211 13453
OSWALD'S TREEH. Walford Davies, 1869-1941 (Composer)455657 65176 53
PENTATONEH. Walford Davies (Composer)1012351 65336 53323
PLENITUDEH. Walford Davies (Composer)115133 217
PURPOSE (Davies)H. Walford Davies (Composer)311212 31265 35323
RESURRECTION (Davies)H. Walford Davies (Composer)115321 76533 24123
REUNIONHenry Walford Davies, 1869-1941 (Composer)111112 21235 65432
[Serve the Lord with gladness, alleluia]Henry Walford Davies (Composer (Anglican Chant))166514 3
SPIRITUS CHRISTIHenry Walford Davies, 1869-1941 (Composer)455651 76534 54535
ST. ANDRÉH. Walford Davies (Composer)151232 12553 45654
ST. COLUMBA (Irish)H. Walford Davies (Harmonizer)112345 45321 12345
TEMPLE (Davies)Sir H. Walford Davies (Composer)1015563 55754 33345
[That so Thy blessed Birth, O Christ]H. Walford Davies (Composer)133334 53211 65431
[The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God]H. Walford Davies (Composer)133335 55555 13551
['Twas witnessed in the morning sky]H. Walford Davies, 1869–1941 (Composer)216143 21325 61654
VISION (Davies)H. Walford Davies (Composer)1012323 56531 23433
WALLOGH. Walford Davies (Composer)511653 22123 65

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