The British Musical Biography

[E] Brewer, Alfred Herbert, organist and
composer, born at Gloucester, June 21st, 1865.
Chorister in the Cathedral, and pupil of Dr.
C. H. Lloyd. Educated at the Cathedral
School, and Exeter College, Oxford. In 1882,
was elected organist of St. Giles' Church,
Oxford, and in 1883 gained the first organ
scholarship, R.C.M., studj^ing under Walter
Parratt, and other masters. At the end of
this j'ear he was elected Organ Scholar of
Exeter College, Oxford ; was appointed to St.
Michael's, Coventry, in 1886 ; in September,
1892, organist and music master at Tonbridge
School ; and in December, 1896, organist of
Gloucester Cathedral. Beyond his organ
work, he is known as a conductor, the Coven-
try Musical Society having been under his
direction for some years.

[W] Works. — Five evening services (an orches-
tral setting in C, composed by I'equest, and
produced at the Gloucester Festival, 1895) ;
anthems, carols, h}min tunes, etc. An oper-
etta, Rosamond ; j)art-songs (Song and sum-
mer, Gloucester Festival, 1892 ; Sad hearts,
Hereford, 1894) ; school song, duets, songs ;
three organ pieces, two Romances, violin and
pf., pieces for pf. solo, and pf. duets.

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