Charlton Templeman Speer
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Charlton Templeman Speer (21 November 1859 – 27 October 1921) also known as Charlton T. Speer was an English composer and spiritualist.
Career[edit]
Speer was born in Cheltenham, he was the son of physician Stanhope Templeman Speer. During the 1870s, William Stainton Moses tutored Speer.[1][2]
He became a successful composer and Professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music.[3] Like his father, Speer was a convinced spiritualist. He joined the London Spiritualist Alliance in March 1884.[4]
He married Amy Matilda Hallett in 1887. He died in Sutton, London.[5]
Compositions[edit]
Among his compositions were:
- Zara, opera;
- Odysseus, opera;
- Hélène (opera);
- An opening in C for orchestra;
- The ballad Guinevere;
- The suite Cinderella for orchestra;
- The Mayor of Lake Regillus, for choir and orchestra;
- King Arthur symphonic poem;
- Pieces for piano, vocal melodies and religious music.
Publications[edit]
- Biography of W. Stainton Moses. In Spirit teachings Through the Mediumship of William Stainton Moses (M.A., Oxon) (1894)
References[edit]
- ^ Oppenheim, Janet. (1988). The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914. Cambridge University Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-0521347679
- ^ Luckhurst, Roger (22 November 2021). "The Ghost Club, 1882–1936". Aries. 22 (1): 64–88. doi:10.1163/15700593-02201004. ISSN 1567-9896. S2CID 244548370.
- ^ "Biography of Charlton T. Speer". Bardon Music.
- ^ M. A. Oxon (William Stainton Moses). The London Spiritualist Alliance. Light. Volume 4. March 15, 1884. p. 108
- ^ "Charlton Templeman Speer". Rootsweb.
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