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John Harper

Short Name: John Harper
Full Name: Harper, John, 1947-
Birth Year: 1947

John Martin Harper; b. July 11, 1947; organ scholar of Selwyn Coll., Cambridge, 1966-1970; FRCO, 1972; Ph.D., Univ. of Birmingham, 1975; organist and director of Music at St. Chad’s Cathedral, 1972-1978; lecturer at Univ. of Birmingham from 1976; organist and Informator Choristarum at Magdalen Coll., Oxford since 1981; editor of Gibbons’ Consort music; author of A historical guide to the Latin liturgy for musicians and students

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