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Alfred Legge

Short Name: Alfred Legge
Full Name: Legge, Alfred A. K., 1843-1919
Birth Year: 1843
Death Year: 1919

Rv Alfred A K Legge United Kingdom 1843-1919. It is presumed that he was born in Cambridge, England, the son of printer/compositor, William Legge (mother was Mary Legge). Alfred, at age nine, was a chorister in church. He presumably became a minister in Germans, Norfolk. His wife was Theodora Susan Palmer (1848-1908), and it is presumed he named his tune after her. They had a daughter, Theodora Constance Mary, born in 1875, and a son, Alfred Reginald, born in 1878. Alfred A K died at Ashford, Kent, England.

John Perry


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Alfred Legge (2)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
HOTHFIELDA. Legge (Composer)133234 44345 16556
THEODORA (Legge)Alfred Legge, 1843-1919 (Composer)2812343 23435 5165
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