Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks
Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks (21 October 1884 – 1956) was an English cathedral organist, who served in St Asaph Cathedral[1]
Background
Stocks was born in Essendon, Hertfordshire. He was the son of Walter Fryer Stocks, an artist, and Marian.
As well as a cathedral organist, Harold Stocks was a composer, principally of church music, and the author of books on the training of choristers and cathedral organists.[2]
Career
Assistant organist:
- Ely Cathedral 1906–09
Organist of:
- Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil 1909–11
- St Laurence Church, Ludlow 1911–17
- St Asaph Cathedral 1917–56
| Cultural offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Norman Charles Woods |
Organist and Master of the Choristers of St Laurence Church, Ludlow 1911-1917 |
Succeeded by Frank Edgar Bastick |
| Preceded by William Edward Belcher |
Organist and Master of the Choristers of St Asaph Cathedral 1917-1956 |
Succeeded by Robert Duke Dickinson |
References
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