Peasgood, O. H. 1902-1962

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Name (Latin)
Peasgood, O. H. 1902-1962
Other forms of name
Peasgood, Osborne Harold, 1902-1962
Date of birth
1902-03-05
Date of death
1962-01-25
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 46956645
Wikidata: Q7105803
Library of congress: no2004000876
Sources of Information
  • OCLC, Jan. 6, 2004(hdg.: Peasgood, O. H. (Osborne Harold), 1902-1962; usage: O.H. Peasgood, O. Peasgood)
  • Purcell, H. Trumpet tunes and other ayres, c1960:t.p. (O.H. Peasgood)
  • Who's who in music, 1935(Peasgood, Osborne Harold; b. 1902)
  • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Epeasgood/ searched Jan. 6, 2004:famouspeasgoods (Osborne Harold Peasgood; organist; b. March 5, 1902, Willesden, Middlesex; d. Jan. 25, 1962)

Wikipedia description:

Osborne Harold Peasgood CVO (5 March 1902 – 25 January 1962) was an organist at Westminster Abbey who played at a number of state occasions in the Abbey, including the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Peasgood was born in London on 5 March 1902 and gained a scholarship to the Royal College of Music when he was 17. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in 1926 followed by a doctorate at Dublin in 1936. Peasgood taught the organ at the Royal College of Music and had become sub-organist at Westminster Abbey from 1924. Peasgood also composed two services and from Handel's Water Music, he published an edition of a suite for the organ.

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