W. K. Stanton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

W. K. Stanton

English composer

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1891

Place of Birth: Dauntsey, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Jun-1978

Profession: composer, organist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About W. K. Stanton

  • Walter Kendall Stanton (29 September 1891, Dauntsey, Wiltshire – 30 June 1978, Sedgehill, Shaftesbury, Dorset) was an English organist, educationalist, and composer of sacred music. W.K.
  • Stanton was educated at Choristers’ School, Salisbury Cathedral before undertaking an organ scholarship at Lancing College, Sussex.
  • He then went to Merton College, Oxford (1909–1913) where he was an organ scholar and was awarded M.A., B.Mus.
  • He proceeded to Mus.D.
  • in 1935.
  • Stanton taught at St John’s School, Leatherhead, Surrey (1914–1915), St Edward's School, Oxford (1915–1924), and Wellington College, Berkshire (1924–1937).
  • During World War 1 years he raised money for wounded soldiers by giving organ recitals.
  • Stanton became Director of Music at Reading University (1927–1937) and then Director of Music for the Midland Region of the BBC (1937–1945).
  • He was the first Professor of Music at Bristol University (1947–1958).
  • Later he was Conductor of the Bristol Choral Society and City Organist for Bristol.
  • He served on several examining boards and was active in a number of musical societies.
  • Stanton was known affectionately to students and colleagues as ‘WK’.
  • He was a railway enthusiast and a keen philatelist.Stanton composed mostly choral music, including almost 50 hymn tunes and numerous choral anthems, several of which have become standard church choir fare.
  • Two motets for double choir (Sing We Triumphant Hymns Of Praise and The Spacious Firmament On High) are considered notable.
  • He also compiled the Wellington College Hymn Book, was Editor-In-Chief of the BBC Hymn Book, and provided the commentary for Sixty Years Of Cathedral Music 1898–1958.Stanton’s father was a schoolmaster and he had a younger brother, Cyril, who was a Special Telegraphist during World War 1 and a self-taught pianist.
  • He married Edith Monica Leslie Wood, known as Monica (13 October 1896 – 8 May 1956), a violinist, in 1931.
  • There were no children.

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