David Patrick Gedge

Quick Facts

Intro

British composer

Places

United Kingdom Great Britain

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Autobiographer Musician Composer

Work field

Literature Music

Gender

Male

Birth

12 March 1939 People who share this birthday

Star sign

Pisces People who share this birthday

Death

2 July 2016 People who died on this day

Age

77 years

Education

University of London

Royal College of Music

Awards

Member of the Order of the British Empire

Instruments:

Organ

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

David Patrick Gedge MBE FRCO (1 March 1939 – 2 July 2016) was an organist based in England and Wales.

Life

He was born on 12 March 1939. He was a chorister in Southwark Cathedral from 1947 - 1962, and educated in St Olave's Grammar School in London, the Royal Academy of Music, and the University of London.

He was awarded the Turpin Prize in 1962 when he achieved his FRCO. He was made a MBE in 1996, and received the Archbishop of Wales award for church music in 1997.

He has written two autobiographies A Country Cathedral Organist Looks Back and More From a Country Cathedral Organist. Both autobiographies were self-published and received mixed reviews.

Sadly David died on Saturday 2 July 2016.

Appointments

Organist of St. Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, London 1957 - 1962
Organist of Selby Abbey 1962 - 1966
Organist of Brecon Cathedral 1966 - 2007

Cultural offices
Preceded by Walter Hartley	Organist of Selby Abbey 1962 - 1966	Succeeded by Mervyn John Byers
Preceded by Michael Bryan Hesford	Organist of Brecon Cathedral 1966 - 2007	Succeeded by Mark Duthie