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Freemantle was first taught music by his father.
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Subsequently he was taught by Henry Smith, organist of Sheffield Parish Church, and Percival Phillips, organist of Street George’s Church, Sheffield. He then moved to Lincoln and for four and a half years was an articled pupil of, and assistant organist to, John Matthew Wilson Young, organist of Lincoln Cathedral. He was also organist of Street Mary le Wigford, Lincoln and later Street Andrew"s Church, Sharrow, Sheffield.
He was a Professor of Music in Sheffield where he taught organ, harmonium, pianoforte, and harmony and composition.
He became an ardent collector of Mendelssohnia and wrote The and Works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, 1890-1847. His collection now forms part of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection in the Music Division of the Library of Congress.
Assistant organist at Lincoln Cathedral Organist of Street Mary le Wigford, Lincoln Organist of Street Andrew"s Church, Sharrow, Sheffield 1871 - ???? T.
