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Charles E. J. Clarke

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English cathedral organist

Charles Erlin Jackson Clarke (19 December 1795 – 28 April 1844) was an English cathedral organist, who served at Durham Cathedral and Worcester Cathedral.

Clarke was a chorister at Worcester Cathedral from 1804. In 1811, aged 15, he was appointed organist of Durham Cathedral. In 1813 he returned to Worcester, remaining cathedral organist until his death in 1844.

References

  1. The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.
  2. ^ Evans, Robert; Humphreys, Maggie (1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury. p. 65. ISBN 1441137963.
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Preceded byThomas Ebdon Organist of Durham Cathedral
1811–1813
Succeeded byWilliam Henshaw
Preceded byWilliam Kenge Organist and Master of the Choristers of Worcester Cathedral
1813–1844
Succeeded byWilliam Done
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