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Henry G. Ley

Henry G. Ley
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Short Name: Henry G. Ley
Full Name: Ley, Henry G. (Henry George), 1887-1962
Birth Year: 1887
Death Year: 1962

Born: December 30, 1887, Chagford, Devonshire, England.
Died: August 24, 1962, near Ottery, Devonshire, England.

Ley trained as a chorister at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, as a music scholar at Uppingham, the Royal College of Music, and as an organ scholar at Keble College, Oxford. He was Precentor of Radley College; organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (1909-26); Choragus of the University, Oxford; professor of the organ at the Royal College of Music (1919); and organist at Eton College.

Sources:
Frost, p. 680
West, p. 87

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/e/y/ley_hg.htm


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Henry G. Ley (10)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
AD ASTRAHenry G. Ley, 1887-1962 (Composer)355517 65345 65312
[Chant] (Ley 12435)Dr. Henry G. Ley, 1887- (Composer)112435 65432 56175
[Come, Thou Holy Spirit, come] (11354)Henry G. Ley (Arranger)211354 32355 75323
GELOBT SEI GOTT (Vulpius)Henry G. Ley, 1887- (Harmonizer)1117655 67111 25176
HONITON (Ley)Henry G Ley 1887-1962 (Composer)111153 12771 23216
[Chant] (Ley 13665)Henry G. Ley, 1887-1962 (Composer)113566 54316 77
OTTERY ST. MARYHenry G. Ley (Composer)611112 23134 54322
[Rejoice, rejoice in the Lord alway]Henry G. Ley (Composer)151765 67123 21143
RUSHFORDHenry G. Ley, 1887-1962 (Composer)1511235 16511 23516
CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN (Vulpius)H. G. Ley (Harmonizer)113234 53654 32356
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