Gwilym Edward Beechey (Composer, Arranger)

Born: January 12, 1938 - London, England
Died: December 29, 2015 - England

The English musical scholar, organist, pianist, harpsichordist, lecturer, editor, and composer, Gwilym Edward Beechey, was educated at Magadalene College Cambridge, where he was a major scholar and research student. He graduated MA, Mus B, Ph D, and also gained the diplomas of FRCO, FTCL, LRAM and ARCM.

After a time as a schoolmaster Gwilym Beechey became a university lecturer, firstly in Glasgow and latterly in Hull. He has worked as organist, pianist and accompanist.

Gwilym Beechey is a prolific composer of organ and other church music. His publications include Thomas Linley (Junior) Shakespeare Ode (Musica Britannica XXX) and many editions of 17^th and 18^th century works, chiefly by British composers. He is also an arranger and player of recorder music, and has edited The Consort (published by the Dolmetsch Foundation). He has also contributed many articles to periodicals including Music & Letters and The Music Review.

Source: YouTube (Author: Carson Cooman, March 31, 2013); Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2013); Jonathan Jessop, son-in-law of Dr Gwilym Beechey (Dates, January 2016)

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