A child at prayer W. Filby, One more composer to know (Orgtq 2)

Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:

A child at prayer   W C M Filby  Op 253
One more composer to know 


Genre
Early 20th century

https://youtu.be/3xvylv29nJY

William Charles Mary Filby (1836, (1833?) -1913) was an organist in Hammersmith, Bromley, and then organist of St. Paul's Church, Greenwich. He was a recitalist at the 1862 exhibition.

As a composer, he wrote many piano pieces and songs, as well as a number of organ works.

"A Child at Prayer" was published by the The Vincent Music Co. Ltd. in 1907 as "No. 123" in the "The Organ Loft Series."

The work features a "child-like" diatonic melody, set against a slightly more chromatic background. The work is without pretense or apology, and speaks of a long-forgotten world, and a simplicity of emotion that would be rare in the world in which we live. (Dave)

Stay tuned!  I am constantly looking for, and finding, more forgotten, different diamonds to see the light of day, to make them known to the forum's listeners.

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Allt the best, everyone

Stig

Well done, Stig! Interesting setting of a simple melody with all the chromatic harmony. Thank you for finding this forgotten gem. It does sound very prayer like. Very much of my grandmother's generation. Nostalgic.

I like your registration.

Excellent!

My best,
Robert