William Wells Hewitt
William Wells Hewitt FRCO (8 November 1898[1] - 10 October 1966) was an English organist and composer who spent much of his working life in Canada.
Education
He was born on 8 November 1898 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Robert Hewitt and Mary Elizabeth Cooke.
He studied music under Dr. George Bennett at Lincoln Cathedral for 10 years, becoming his assistant organist.
He served in the Royal Air Force in the First World War.
On 11 April 1928 he married Katharine Kitty Markham in Stratford upon Avon.
He was Chairman of the Toronto Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists from 1940 to 1942.
Appointments
- Assistant Organist of Lincoln Cathedral 1922 - 1926
- Organist of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon 1926 - 1933
- Organist of St. James' Cathedral, Toronto 1933 - 1956[2]
Compositions
He composed two hymn tunes, Stratford-upon-Avon and Nunc Dimitte.
References
Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1966 deaths
- Cathedral organists
- English emigrants to Canada
- English organists
- Male organists
- Fellows of the Royal College of Organists
- People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War I
- 20th-century classical musicians
- 20th-century English musicians
- 20th-century organists
- 20th-century British male musicians