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'''William George Everleigh''' (4 April 1871 - 28 July 1922) was an ] ] known for his remarkable work at ] in ], Ireland. Not much is known of Everleigh other than that he was wildly innovative in the field of experimental improvisations and than that he was preceded by ] and succeeded in the year of his death by ] who continued in the post until 1977. '''William George Eveleigh''' (11 May 1868 - 28 July 1960?) was an English ] known for his remarkable work at ] in ], Ireland. Eveleigh was born in Meerut in India, the son of a Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery. Educated at Cranleigh and Peterhouse Cambridge, he gained his doctorate in music at Queen's College, Oxford in 1895. He was appointed choirmaster and organist at Cork Cathedral in 1903. He was wildly innovative in the field of experimental improvisations and than that he was preceded by ] and succeeded in the year of his death by ] who continued in the post until 1977.


Professor James Hargreaves commented on him in the ''Dictionary of Organs and Organists'' published in 1912 citing Everleigh as a short lived yet successful and conscientious clavicist.<ref>Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) ''Dictionary of Organs and Organists''. Bournemouth: Logan</ref> Professor James Hargreaves commented on him in the ''Dictionary of Organs and Organists'' published in 1912 citing Eveleigh as a short lived yet successful and conscientious clavicist.<ref>Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) ''Dictionary of Organs and Organists''. Bournemouth: Logan</ref>


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William George Eveleigh (11 May 1868 - 28 July 1960?) was an English organist known for his remarkable work at Saint Finbarre's Cathedral in Cork, Ireland. Eveleigh was born in Meerut in India, the son of a Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery. Educated at Cranleigh and Peterhouse Cambridge, he gained his doctorate in music at Queen's College, Oxford in 1895. He was appointed choirmaster and organist at Cork Cathedral in 1903. He was wildly innovative in the field of experimental improvisations and than that he was preceded by John Christopher Marks and succeeded in the year of his death by Jonathan Thomas Horne who continued in the post until 1977.

Professor James Hargreaves commented on him in the Dictionary of Organs and Organists published in 1912 citing Eveleigh as a short lived yet successful and conscientious clavicist.

References

  1. Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Bournemouth: Logan

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