Langdon Colborne
{{Short description|English cathedral organist}}
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Langdon Colbourne (15 September 1835 – 16 September 1889) was an English cathedral organist, who served at Hereford Cathedral.The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw
Background
Colbourne was born in Hackney, London, the son of Thomas Colborne and Elizabeth Hobson.Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 He was baptised at an independent (nonconformist) church in November 1835.England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970
He studied organ under George Cooper. He died in Hereford in 1889 aged 54.
Career
- St. Michael's College, Tenbury 1860–1874
- Beverley Minster 1874–1875
- Wigan Parish Church 1875–1877
- Dorking Parish Church 1877–1880
- Hereford Cathedral 1880-1889
References
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Category:English classical organists
Category:English cathedral organists
Category:Musicians from the London Borough of Hackney
Category:19th-century English male musicians
Category:19th-century British classical musicians