- Arnold, Matthew
[E] Arnold, Matthew, organist and con- |
ductor. Was organist at Leeds ; in 1865 ap-
pointed to Wesleyan Chapel, Eccleshill, near
Bradford ; and of Enniskillen Parish Church
in 1875. He very soon established a choral
society there, and for nearly twenty years
conducted a series of concerts, appearing like-
wise as violinist and pianist, and occasionally
as lecturer on musical topics. An active and
useful career was closed by his death, at En-
niskillen, March 24, 1894. His son, Charles
Haydn Arnold, born 1871, is a pianist and
organist. He made his debut at his father's
concert, September 11, 1884 (with his sister
Edith, two years his junior), and at the age
of seventeen, in 1888, was appointed organist
and choirmaster of St. Flannan's (cathedral)
Church, Killaloe, near Limerick, where he is
engaged as teacher, and also conductor of
choral classes, &c.entry id: 14-L-63
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