Arthur Charles Edwards

Arthur Charles Edwards FRCO was an organist and composer based in England.

Life

He was born in 1869 in Peterborough, the son of Amos Edwards, Bookseller, and Sarah Elizabeth. He was educated at King's [School, Peterborough]. He trained under Hugh Brooksbank at Llandaff Cathedral, and also at Southwark Cathedral.
He was awarded Mus Bac from St [Edmund Hall, Oxford] in 1891.

Appointments

Organist of St. Neot's Church, Huntingdonshire 1892
Deputy Organist at Llandaff Cathedral 1894
Organist of Framlingham College 1894 - 1896
Organist of Bridlington Priory 1896 - 1901
Organist of St. Andrew's Church, Croydon 1902 - 1906
Organist of Holy Trinity, Aberystwyth 1907 - 1937?

Compositions

He composed:

I will lay me down in peace
Except the Lord build the house
Far down the ages now
Molique's March from Abraham
To faithful shepherds watching
Tarantella for pianoforte
Mae y eneidiau, etc..