Conrad William Eden
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Conrad William Eden was an English cathedral organist, who served in Wells Cathedral
and Durham Cathedral
He was born in 1905 in Alton, Hampshire
, and was a chorister at Wells Cathedral. He won a scholarship to Rugby School, another to the Royal College of Music and an Exhibition which took him to St. John's College, Oxford, as College Organist. A short period as organist of St. Philip and St. James and Director of Music at the Dragon School, Oxford, ended with a fractured skull: after his recovery he went as as Assistant Organist at Wells Cathedral where in 1933 he was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers. In 1936 he moved to Durham Cathedral.
Assistant organist of:
Organist of:
Wells Cathedral
Wells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who lives at the adjacent Bishop's Palace....
and Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England, the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The Bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093...
He was born in 1905 in Alton, Hampshire
Alton, Hampshire
Alton is a historic market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of the English county of Hampshire. It had a population of 16,584 at the 1991 census and is administered by East Hampshire district council. It is located on the source of the River Wey and is the highest town in...
, and was a chorister at Wells Cathedral. He won a scholarship to Rugby School, another to the Royal College of Music and an Exhibition which took him to St. John's College, Oxford, as College Organist. A short period as organist of St. Philip and St. James and Director of Music at the Dragon School, Oxford, ended with a fractured skull: after his recovery he went as as Assistant Organist at Wells Cathedral where in 1933 he was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers. In 1936 he moved to Durham Cathedral.
Assistant organist of:
- Wells CathedralWells CathedralWells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who lives at the adjacent Bishop's Palace....
1927 - 1933
Organist of:
- Wells CathedralWells CathedralWells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who lives at the adjacent Bishop's Palace....
1933 - 1936 - Durham CathedralDurham CathedralThe Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England, the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The Bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093...
1936 - 1974