Humfrey Anger
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| Birth name | Joseph Humfrey Anger |
| Born | 3 June 1862 music educator |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, pipe organ |
| Years active | 1890–1913 |
Joseph Humfrey Anger (3 June 1862 – 11 June 1913) was a
music educator of English birth. His compositional output consists mainly of church music and works for solo piano and organ. Some of his more well known works are A Concert Overture for organ (1895), the patriotic song Hail Canada (1911), and Tintamarre, Morceau de Salon (1911), all of which were published by Whaley, Royce & Co. The latter piece was notably the first published classical composition to thoroughly integrate true tone clusters. He also wrote the textbooks Form in Music and A Treatise on Harmony, both of which were widely used in music schools in North America.[1]
Life and career
Born at
madrigal Bonnie Belle won the London Madrigal Society Prize.[1]
In 1893 Anger emigrated to
University of Trinity College for many years. In 1894 he was appointed organist-choirmaster at the Church of the Ascension, leaving there in 1896 to assume a similar position at Old St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. He left St Andrew's in 1902 when he became organist-choirmaster at Central Methodist Church.[1]
From 1896 to 1898 Anger served as the conductor of the Toronto Philharmonic. He was appointed president of the Canadian Society of Musicians in 1895 and was for several years the dean of the Ontario chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He died 11 June 1913 in Toronto eight days after his 51st birthday.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d William Lock. "Humfrey Anger". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ "Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees. Illustrated with portraits and views (1893)". Oxford, J. Parker. 1893.
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