Background
He was born in Stamford in Lincolnshire, the first child of Thomas and Mary Ann Hare.
He was born in Stamford in Lincolnshire, the first child of Thomas and Mary Ann Hare.
He was educated at King"s School, Peterborough, and was a chorister in Peterborough Cathedral.
He was an articled pupil to Doctor Haydn Keeton. He was chorus master of the Norwich Musical Festival from 1908 to 1930, and conductor of the Yarmouth Musical Society from 1895 to 1939. He was the organist in an early Henry Wood Promenade concert, when on 16 September 1909 he performed the Alexandre Guilmant Symphony Number 1 with the New Queen"s Hall Orchestra under Henry Wood.
Organist at Ryhall Church, Stamford 1883 - 1885 Organist at All Saints" Church, Stamford 1885 - 1893 Organist at Bourne Abbey church 1893 - 1895 Organist at Saint Nicholas" Church, Great Yarmouth, 1895 - 1944.