- Clarke, Charles E. J
[E] Clarke, Charles E. J., organist and
composer, born at Worcester, 1796. He was
a chorister in Worcester Cathedral. Organist
successively of Durham Cathedral, 1812, and
Worcester Cathedral, 1814. Conductor of the
Worcester Festival from 1815 (when only
nineteen years of age), to 1839. Ill health
compelled him to relinquish the task in 1842,
when Joseph Surman was appointed conductor.
Died at Worcester, April 27, 1844.entry id: 90-R-49
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