Walter Hartley (organist)

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Name Walter Hartley

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Walter Hartley (b. 1879) was an organist and composer based in England.

He was born in Leeds in 1879. He was educated at Durham University.

He married Alice Lillian Wilson, the daughter of Robert Kirby Wilson, on 31 July 1902 in the Brunswick Chapel, Leeds. They had two children:

George Wilson Hartley (b. 1903)

Constance Hartley (b. 1905)

Organist of Providence Chapel, Leeds 1895 - 1897

Organist of St. Peter's Church, Leeds, 1897 - 1900

Organist of Queen Street Congregational Church 1900 - 1909

Organist of Roscoe Wesleyan Church 1909 - 1914

Organist of St. Mark's Church, Leeds 1914 - 1921

Organist of Selby Abbey 1922 - 1962

He composed:

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G

Benedicite in F

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