Harold Dexter
British organist and professor
Harold Dexter (7 October 1920 - 27 June 2000) was a British organist, Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Head of General Musicianship Department, 1962–85). He was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys, Leicester and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Appointments
- 1946 -1949 Organist of St. James’ Church, Louth St James' Church, Louth
- 1949 - 1956 Organist of Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa
- 1956 - 1968 Organist of Southwark Cathedral
References
- ‘DEXTER, Harold’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 30 July 2011
- http://www.organ-biography.info/index.php?id=Dexter_Harold_1920
Cultural offices | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by Sidney Campbell | Organist and Master of the Choristers of Southwark Cathedral 1956–1968 | Succeeded by Ernest Warrell |