Frederick William Wadely


Frederick William Wadely OBE FRCO was an English organist and composer.

Background

He was born in Kidderminster in 1882, the son of organist William Edward Wadely and Zoe.
He was trained at the Royal College of Music and was then organ scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge.
He married Ethel Muriel Stokes in 1910. They had three children:
  • Zoe Beatrice Wadely
  • Michael Wadely
  • Beryl Wadely
He was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music in 1947.

Appointments

List of compositions

Church music

  • Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat - 1904
  • O whither would ye go? - Stainer & Bell 1911
  • Give peace in our time - Novello 1914
  • Peace I leave with you - Stainer & Bell 1914
  • The strife is o’er - Stainer & Bell 1916
  • There shall come forth a rod - Novello 1917
  • If ye then be risen with Christ - Novello 1918
  • Three in One and One in Three - Novello 1918
  • Lead us, Heavenly Father - Novello 1919
  • The night was dark - Stainer & Bell 1919
  • O Loving Saviour - Novello 1920
  • And thou Bethlehem - Novello 1920
  • Praise O praise our God and King - Novello 1925
  • Turn thou us - Novello 1927
  • O God of Wisdom - Novello 1928
  • Hail the Babe - Stainer & Bell 1928
  • I sing Thy birth - Novello 1930
  • Communion Service in F minor - Novello 1930
  • Bread of Heaven - OUP 1931
  • Our Blest Redeemer - Novello 1932
  • Communion Service in G - Faith Press 1933
  • Hear my crying - Novello 1934
  • Light’s glittering morn - Novello 1936
  • Christ is our cornerstone - Novello 1936
  • That God doth love the world we know - OUP 1937
  • Lord of the Harvest - Faith Press 1937
  • Te Deum in E flat - Novello 1937
  • Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G - Novello 1938
  • Come, Thou Holy Spirit - Novello 1938
  • I will lift up mine eyes - Novello 1940
  • Morning and Evening Service in A c.1940?
  • Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E flat - Novello 1941
  • Forth in Thy Name - Novello 1947
  • The Saints of God - Novello 1947
  • Christians, be joyful - Novello 1949
  • At the Lamb’s High Feast we sing - OUP 1949
  • Come, let us join - Novello 1950
  • O Saving Victim - Novello 1950
  • Communion Service in E flat - Novello 1952
  • Christ is risen from the dead - OUP 1952
  • Sing we the Birth - OUP 1956
  • And the Lord said to Solomon - c.1958
  • There shall be signs in the sun - Novello 1959
  • Cast thy bread upon the waters - Stainer & Bell 1963
  • ''At least nine Anglican chants''

Songs and Partsongs

  • Three Songs from Shelley - unpublished MS
  • A Farewell - Novello 1909
  • Song of the Bell - Stainer & Bell 1911
  • O for the swords of former time - Stainer & Bell 1913
  • Far among the lonely hills - Curwen 1913
  • The bag of the bee - Curwen 1915
  • Under the green hedges - Year Book Press 1916
  • The First Swallow - Joseph Williams 1916
  • Hark! ‘tis the breeze - Curwen 1917
  • The Daisy’s Song - Curwen 1919
  • Heaven overarches earth and sea - Curwen 1920
  • Beacons - Novello 1920
  • The Rain - Edward Arnold 1920
  • Hymn to Pan - Curwen 1925
  • The Snail - Curwen 1926
  • Life, I know not what thou art - Novello 1929
  • I loved a lass - Novello 1929
  • O mistress mine - Boosey 1929
  • The Two Sisters - Novello 1930
  • Care for thy soul - Novello 1930
  • The Faithless Shepherdess - Year Book Press 1931
  • Love is a sickness - Stainer & Bell 1931
  • The Butterfly - Novello 1933
  • Lo! here, beneath this hallowed shade - Stainer & Bell 1933
  • Who killed Cock Robin? - Stainer & Bell 1934
  • Fain would I change that note - Boosey 1934
  • Birds upward winging - Boosey 1935
  • The Toy Dragon - OUP 1937
  • The Jackdaw - Novello 1938
  • Beautiful Soup - Novello 1939
  • Abou Ben Adhem - Novello 1941
  • Old English Suite - Novello 1949
  • Oranges and Lemons - Novello 1951
  • Welcome, sweet pleasure - Novello 1951
  • The Lobster Quadrille - Novello 1955
  • Breathes there the man? - Novello 1956
  • Bonnie Gallowa’ - Bosworth 1956
  • The Owl and the Pussy cat - Novello 1958
  • The glories of our blood and state - Novello 1963
  • The mouse in the wainscot - Novello 1963
  • ''In the dark of Christmas Eve''

Organ music

  • Three Short and Easy Postludes - Novello 1917
  • Three Short and Easy Postludes - Novello 1922
  • Three Period Pieces - Bosworth 1948
  • ''Prologue from Carlisle Historical Pageant arranged for organ''

Large-scale works

  • An Island King - 1902
  • Four songs for contralto with orchestra - unpublished MS
  • Three Shelley Lyrics
  • Three Nursery Rhymes for chorus and orchestra
  • ‘The Merman’ and ‘The Mermaid’ for chorus and orchestra - c. 1915
  • ‘John o’ Gaunt’ Overture for orchestra - 1917
  • The Prodigal Crusader 1924
  • Irish Suite for orchestra - 1925
  • Carlisle Historical Pageant - Novello 1928
  • Alice in Wonderland - 1938
  • A Christmas Carol - Boosey & Hawkes 1938
  • Pickwick Papers - 1942
  • The Holy Birth - Novello 1947
  • Overture for orchestra - 1951
  • The Progress of Learning
  • In praise of music '' - unpublished

Other music

  • Two movements from the Bach Suites arranged for string orchestra - Boosey 1936
  • Miniature Nursery Suite for piano - Curwen 1952
  • Creighton School Song - words by W. T. McIntire, music co-written by F. W. Wadely and A. Neesham