Frederick B. Kiddle

Frederick B. Kiddle (1874 – 6 December 1951)[1][2] was a prominent English pianist, organist and accompanist.

Kiddle was born at Frome, Somerset, and studied at the Royal College of Music under Sir Walter Parratt, Rockstro and Higgs.[3] In 1902 he became principal accompanist for the Promenade Concerts at Queen's Hall, in succession to Percy Pitt, and he remained there as permanent organist and accompanist for the next 25 years, retiring at about the time when the BBC took over the proms.[4]

  1. ^ "BBC Proms – Recent and Upcoming Performances Frederick Kiddle b. 1874". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ^ "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966". Ancestry.c.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. ^ Eaglefield-Hull 1924, 269.
  4. ^ Elkin 1944, 116.