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Ernest Bristow Farrar 7 July 1885–18 September 1918 Was An English Composer Pianist And Organist. Ernest Farrar Was Born In Lewisham London. The Son Of A Clergyman He Was Educated At Leeds Grammar School Where He Began Organ Studies And In May 1905 Won A Scholarship To The Royal College Of Music. There He Studied With Sir Charles Villiers Stanford And Sir Walter Parratt. He Also Took Up Several Posts As Organist In Dresden South Shields And Christ Church High Harrogate.
His Career Was Cut Short By The Outbreak Of World War I As He Enlisted In The Grenadier Guards In 1915 And Joined The Regiment In August 1916. He Was Commissioned As Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Devonshire Regiment On February 27 1918.
Farrar Was Killed On The Western Front At The Battle Of Epehy Ronssoy Near Le Cateau In The Somme Valley South West Of Cambrai In 1918.
His Grave Lies Just Outside The Churchyard Wall In Ronssoy Communal Cemetery Extension In A Corner Under Some Trees. A Requiem Was Said At Micklefield On September 29th The Feast Of St. Michael And All Angels.
Despite His Short Life Farrar Wrote A Large Body Of Music For Orchestra Voices And Organ. His Works Include The Blessed Damozel The Celtic Suite And His Song Cycle Vagabond Songs. However Apart From A Few Songs His Works Are Now Rarely Performed.
Today Farrar Is Perhaps Best Known As The Teacher Of Gerald Finzi. Farrar's Tragic Death Affected The Young Finzi Deeply And From The Very Beginning Most Of His Music Was Elegiac In Tone. Frank Bridge Dedicated His Famous Piano Sonata To The Memory Of Ernest Farrar.
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Biography - Ernest Farrar
Ernest Bristow Farrar 7 July 1885–18 September 1918 Was An English Composer Pianist And Organist. Ernest Farrar Was Born In Lewisham London. The Son Of A Clergyman He Was Educated At Leeds Grammar School Where He Began Organ Studies And In May 1905 Won A Scholarship To The Royal College Of Music. There He Studied With Sir Charles Villiers Stanford And Sir Walter Parratt. He Also Took Up Several Posts As Organist In Dresden South Shields And Christ Church High Harrogate.
His Career Was Cut Short By The Outbreak Of World War I As He Enlisted In The Grenadier Guards In 1915 And Joined The Regiment In August 1916. He Was Commissioned As Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Devonshire Regiment On February 27 1918.
Farrar Was Killed On The Western Front At The Battle Of Epehy Ronssoy Near Le Cateau In The Somme Valley South West Of Cambrai In 1918.
His Grave Lies Just Outside The Churchyard Wall In Ronssoy Communal Cemetery Extension In A Corner Under Some Trees. A Requiem Was Said At Micklefield On September 29th The Feast Of St. Michael And All Angels.
Despite His Short Life Farrar Wrote A Large Body Of Music For Orchestra Voices And Organ. His Works Include The Blessed Damozel The Celtic Suite And His Song Cycle Vagabond Songs. However Apart From A Few Songs His Works Are Now Rarely Performed.
Today Farrar Is Perhaps Best Known As The Teacher Of Gerald Finzi. Farrar's Tragic Death Affected The Young Finzi Deeply And From The Very Beginning Most Of His Music Was Elegiac In Tone. Frank Bridge Dedicated His Famous Piano Sonata To The Memory Of Ernest Farrar. read less
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His Career Was Cut Short By The Outbreak Of World War I As He Enlisted In The Grenadier Guards In 1915 And Joined The Regiment In August 1916. He Was Commissioned As Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Devonshire Regiment On February 27 1918.
Farrar Was Killed On The Western Front At The Battle Of Epehy Ronssoy Near Le Cateau In The Somme Valley South West Of Cambrai In 1918.
His Grave Lies Just Outside The Churchyard Wall In Ronssoy Communal Cemetery Extension In A Corner Under Some Trees. A Requiem Was Said At Micklefield On September 29th The Feast Of St. Michael And All Angels.
Despite His Short Life Farrar Wrote A Large Body Of Music For Orchestra Voices And Organ. His Works Include The Blessed Damozel The Celtic Suite And His Song Cycle Vagabond Songs. However Apart From A Few Songs His Works Are Now Rarely Performed.
Today Farrar Is Perhaps Best Known As The Teacher Of Gerald Finzi. Farrar's Tragic Death Affected The Young Finzi Deeply And From The Very Beginning Most Of His Music Was Elegiac In Tone. Frank Bridge Dedicated His Famous Piano Sonata To The Memory Of Ernest Farrar. read less
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