- Buck, Percy Carter
[E] Buck, Percy Carter, organist, born at
West Ham, Essex, 1871. Educated at Mer-
chant Taylors School. Chorister at West Ham
Parish Church. Pupil of Dr. C. J. Frost, and
F. Davenport, at Guildhall School of Music ;
and later, winner of an organ scholarship,
R.C.M., studying under Dr. Hubert Parry,
C. H. Lloyd, and (Sir) Walter Parratt.
Prize-winner for composition, Stratford Musi-
cal Festivals, 1887-8. F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M.,
Mus. B., Oxford, 1892, and quahfied by Exam-
ination for Mus. D., 1893. Organist at Sur-
biton ; Worcester College, Oxford ; Music-
master, Rugby School ; and on the death of
Mr. C. W. Lavington (Oct. 1895), appointed
organist and choirmaster of Wells Cathedral.
He has published an organ sonata in E flat,
and some trios for female voices, and has
written songs, and is joint author (with Rev.
Dr. Mee, and F. C. Woods,) of " Ten years of
University music in Oxford " (Oxford : Bow-
den, 1894).entry id: 67-R-7
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