Charles Harry Moody

Background

He was born in Stourbridge on 22 March 1874, the son of Charles Moody (1825 – 1893) and Lydia Glover (b 1829).

Education

He studied organ under T. Westlake Morgan at Bangor Cathedral.

Career

One daughter Pupil of Technology Westlake Morgan, at Bangor Cathedral. Acting Organist of Saint Michael’s College, Tenbury, 1893. Deputy Organist and Master of the Choristers of Wells Cathedral, and private organist to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1894.

Organist and Choirmaster of the Parish Church, Wigan (on the nomination of Sir John Stainer), 1895.

Conductor of the Wigan and District Choral Society, of the Church Choral Association, and of the Wigan Amateur Operatic Society, 1896. Organist and Choirmaster of Holy Trinity, Coventry, and Conductor of the Trinity Festival Choir, 1899.

Lecturer in Music at the Ripon and Wakefield Diocesan Training College, 1902. Conductor of the Festival Chorus, and of the Ripon Choral Society.

Music Master to the Duchess of Leeds at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, 1903.

Choirmaster of Christ Church, Harrogate, 1904. Honourable Fellow, Vice-President, and Memorandum of the Council of the Guild of Organists, London. Organist and Master of the Choristers of Ripon Cathedral since 1902.

Works

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  • THE CHOIR-BOY IN THE MAKING
  • The Pictorial History of Fountains Abbey and Fountains Hall, (Pitkin Pride of Britain Books)
  • Fountains Abbey and Fountains Hall
  • The Choir-boy in the Making: A practical and concise treatise on the training of choristers
  • The Choir-Boy In The Making - A Practical and Concise Treatise on the Training of Choristers

Interests

• Cycling, football, tennis, hockey.

Connections

Father:

Charles Moody