Frederic Archer

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Frederic Archer (16 June 1838 – 22 October 1901) was a British, composer, conductor and organist, born at Oxford, England. He studied music in London and Leipzig, and held musical positions in England and Scotland until 1880, when he was became organist of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York. Archer was later appointed conductor of the Boston, Massachusetts Oratorio Society, director of Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1899 organist of the Church of the Ascension in Pittsburgh. In 1896 he established the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He founded, in 1885, The Keynote, which for a time he edited, and also published several books and numerous organ compositions.

[edit] Bibliography

• Archer, Frederic (1875). The Organ. London: Novello & Co. OCLC 80376458. 
• Archer, Frederic (1876). Bedford Grand Organ Recital. London: W. Mallalieu. OCLC 53785240. 
• Archer, Frederic (1889). Method for American Reed-Organ. New York: G. Schirmer. OCLC 77860393. 

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
• Appleton and Company (1902). Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year. New York: D. Appleton and Company, p. 406. OCLC 9213131. 
• "Obituary: Mr. Frederick Archer" (1 Dec 1901). The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular vol. 42 (no. 706): p. 827. 

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