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
Tunes by Henry G. Ley (8) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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AD ASTRA | Henry G. Ley, 1887-1962 (Composer) | 3 | 55517 65345 65312 |
[Chant] (Ley 12435) | Dr. Henry G. Ley, 1887- (Composer) | 2 | 12435 65432 56175 |
GELOBT SEI GOTT (Vulpius) | Henry G. Ley, 1887- (Harmonizer) | 11 | 17655 67111 25176 |
HONITON (Ley) | Henry G Ley 1887-1962 (Composer) | 2 | 11153 12771 23216 |
[Chant] (Ley 13665) | Henry G. Ley, 1887-1962 (Composer) | 2 | 13566 54316 77 |
OTTERY ST. MARY | Henry George Ley, 1887-1962 (Composer) | 6 | 11112 23134 54322 |
RUSHFORD | Henry G. Ley, 1887-1962 (Composer) | 15 | 11235 16511 23516 |
CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN (Vulpius) | H. G. Ley (Harmonizer) | 1 | 13234 53654 32356 |