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Fred A. Challinor

Fred A. Challinor
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Short Name: Fred A. Challinor
Full Name: Challinor, Fred A. (Frederick Arthur)
Birth Year: 1866
Death Year: 1952

Wikipedia Biography

Frederick Arthur Challinor (12 November 1866 at Longton, Staffordshire – 10 June 1952 at Paignton, Devon), was a British composer. His father was a miner. Challinor was ten when he started labouring in a brickworks. At age twelve he was working in a coal-mine. At fifteen he went to work in a pottery. At this time a legacy to the family included a cottage piano and this inspired an interest in music. He worked at lessons on harmony while taking his meals at the factory.

Tunes by Fred A. Challinor (12)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[At Thy feet, our God and Father] (Challinor)F. A. Challinor, Mus. Bac., A. R. C. M. (Composer)112356 71534 51232
BESSLEF. A. Challinor, Mus. Doc. (Composer)156712 33553 12332
ELHAYF. A. Challinor, Mus. Doc. (Composer)153155 66512 31321
[Hark! the voice of Jesus calls us]F. A. Challinor (Composer)112352 31567 13254
MADELEYF. A. Challinor, Mus. Doc. (Composer)151712 33164 32351
NORMACOTF. A. Challinor, Mus. Doc. (Composer)133251 12334 32312
[Onward, valiant Christian soldiers]F. A. Challinor (Composer)153155 35432 11567
[Ring, ring the bells, the joyful bells] (Challinor)F. A. Challinor (Composer)111765 11765 43456
SHIRLEY (Challinor)Dr. F. A. Challinor (Composer)351765 12324 32122
[Sing a song of glad thanksgiving]F. A. Challinor (Composer)156712 15256 71253
STORIES OF JESUSFrederick A. Challinor (Composer)9753457 65345 23534
[There are crowns, fair crowns, in that happy land]F. A. Challinor (Composer)135155 43322 34621

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