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William C. Filby

Short Name: William C. Filby
Full Name: Filby, William Charles Filby, 1833-1913
Birth Year: 1833
Death Year: 1913

Baptized: St. Paul, January 16, 1833, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England.
Died: June 22, 1913, Richmond, Surrey, England.

Son of William and Lucy Filby, William studied in France, and played the organ at St. Peter’s Church, Hammersmith (1849); Bromley Parish Church, Kent (1853); the London churches of St. Peter, Walworth; St. Matthew, Bayswater; and St. Luke, Westbourne Park; Holy Trinity, Margate, Kent; Holy Trinity, Stepney, London; and St. Paul, West Greenwich, London (1884). He also served as organist at the International Exhibitions of 1882 and of 1885, wrote and lectured on church music, opera and music education, and composed organ voluntaries, operettas, songs, part songs and choruses.

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by William C. Filby (19)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
ALMORAW. C. Filby (Composer)135132 11645 23517
ASHFORD (Filby)W. C. Filby (Composer)132432 32171 23222
BIRCHINGTONW. C. Filby (Composer)155665 51321 11111
CHISELHURST (Filby)W. C. Filby (Composer)233334 43234 53555
EPIPHANY (Filby)William C. Filby (Composer)1456532 11765 33456
ARLINGTON (Arne)W. C. Filby (Composer)113332 11123 54332
FAVERSHAM (Filby)W. C. Filby (Composer)154565 44332 57655
FORTITUDE (Filby)William C. Filby (Composer)3856531 67153 56553
GORDON (Filby)W. C. Filby (Composer)132432 61767 11432
HAMMERSMITH (FILBY)William Charles Filby (Composer)151543 33532 11343
WESTERHAMW. C. Filby (Composer)356351 76234 65171
PIACENZAW. C. Filby (Composer)156354 12356 71243
PIETAS (51537)W. C. Filby (Arranger)251537 12345 67176
PORTSEA (Filby)W. C. Filby (Composer)134352 23413 32677
SHANKLINW. C. Filby (Composer)132354 36665 55434
ST. CHRYSOSTOM (Filby)William C. Filby (1836- ) (Composer)655545 65551 72176
ST. SILAS (Filby)W.C. Filby (Composer)253217 15557 65576
SUNDRIDGEWilliam C. Filby (Composer)315565 51531 12346
WALMERW. C. Filby (Composer)153215 67127 56712
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