Lionel Dakers
Lionel Frederick Dakers CBE (24 February 1924 – 10 March 2003) was an English cathedral organist who served in Ripon Cathedral and Exeter Cathedral.[1]
Background[]
Dakers was born on 24 February 1924 in Rochester, Kent.[2] He studied organ under Harold Aubie Bennett at Rochester Cathedral and Edward Bairstow at York Minster.[3]
He was a Special Commissioner for the Royal School of Church Music (1958–1972); Director of the Royal School of Church Music (1972–1990); President of the Incorporated Association of Organists (1972–1975); Secretary of the (1972–1988); and President of the Royal College of Organists (1976–1978). He was appointed CBE in 1983.
Family life[]
Dakers married Elisabeth Williams (d. 1997) in 1952. They had four daughters. He died in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 10 March 2003.
Career[]
Assistant organist of:
- St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (1950–1954)
Organist of:
- All Saints' Church, Frindsbury, Rochester (1939–1942)
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, Cairo (1945–1947)
- Finchley Parish Church (1948–1950)
- Ripon Cathedral (1954–1957)
- Exeter Cathedral (1957–1972)
Publications[]
- 1970: Church Music at the Crossroads
- 1976: A Handbook of Parish Music; Mowbray
- 1978: Making Church Music Work
- 1980: Music and the Alternative Service Book (as editor)
- 1980: The Chorister's Companion (as editor)
- 1980: The Psalms – Their Use and Performance (as editor)
- 1982: The Church Musician as Conductor
- 1982: A Handbook of Parish Music; revised; Mowbray
- 1984: Church Music in a Changing World
- 1985: Choosing – and Using – Hymns
- 1991: Parish Music (3rd ed. of the Handbook); Canterbury Press
- 1995: Places Where They Sing – Memoirs of a Church Musician; Canterbury Press
References[]
- ^ The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.
- ^ "News | UK and Worldwide News | Newspaper". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-12-10.[dead link]
- ^ "Lionel Dakers". Telegraph. 2003-03-14. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
- 1924 births
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