Charles Harford Lloyd (Thornbury, 16 October 1849 – Eton, 16 October 1919)[1] was an English composer who became a well-known organist in his time.
His most successful area was organ and choral works but he wrote three clarinet pieces for his friend Randle Fynes Holme (1864–1957), (a talented amateur musician), a number of chamber works, a Festival Overture for orchestra, an organ concerto with orchestra and a number of songs for voice and piano.
He served as organist and choir-master at Gloucester Cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, Eton College Chapel and organist at the Chapel Royal. His most frequently performed works today are his settings of the Anglican Church liturgy.
He had a lifelong friendship with Hubert Parry.[2]
- ^ Obituary, The Musical Times, Volume 60, p. 621, (1919) New York and London
- ^ Jeremy Dibble (1998) C. Hubert H. Parry: His Life and Music, Clarendon Press, London ISBN 978-0-19816-702-0