The British Musical Biography

[E] Archer, Frederic, composer and organist,
born at Oxford, June 16, 1838. Chorister at
All Saints', Margaret Street, London, and
afterwards studied at Leipzig. He succeeded
Dr. Chipp as organist at the Panopticon, and
held similar positions at Hereon College, Ox-
ford, and the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill,
following Mr. Weist Hill as conductor at the
latter, a post he held until 1880. Conductor,
1878-80, of the Glasgow Select Choir, for which
he arranged several Scotch airs as part-songs.
About the same time he was also conductor of
the Blanche Cole Opera Company on its pro-
vincial tours. In 1881 he was appointed or-
ganist of the Rev. H. Ward Beecher's Church,
Brooklyn, U.S.A., but left the next year for
the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation.
Since then he has been organist of several
different churches, his latest post being at
Pittsburg, with an annual stipend of £800. He
was organist at Mapleson's New York season
of Italian Opera, 1882, and at the Toronto
Festival, June, 1886. For some years he was
editor of the New York Musical paper, the
Keynote, and contributed many articles to the
earlier volumes of Musical Opinion, London,
and other papers.

[W] Works. — The Organ : a theoretical and prac-
tical treatise (Novello & Co.); The college or-
ganist (Weekes) ; Grand fantasia in F ; Concert
variations ; March triomphale ; and many
pieces for the organ. Duo concertante, flute
and pf. ; Three impromptus ; Two gavottes ;
and other pieces for pf , Songs, part-songs, etc.

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