Walter Parratt

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Sir Walter Parratt KCVO (10 February 1841 - 27 March 1924) was an English organist and composer.

Born in Huddersfield, Parratt began to play the pipe organ from an early age, and held posts as an organist while still a child. He became one of the foremost organ teachers of his day, with many important posts in Britain being filled by his students. He was knighted in 1892 and became Heather Professor of Music at Oxford University in 1908, taking over from Hubert Parry. He had previously been Organist and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1893 he was appointed Master of the Queen's Musick.

Later honours included: MVO 1901, CVO 1917, and a further knighthood, KCVO 1921.

After Parratt's death in 1924 a monument to him was erected in the grounds of Huddersfield parish church.

Preceded by William George Cusins

Master of the Queen's (later King's) Music 1893–1924

Succeeded by Edward Elgar

[edit] See also

• Malcolm Boyle

[edit] Bibliography

• Rosemary Firman, ‘Parratt, Sir Walter (1841–1924)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 25 March 2008
• Donald Francis Tovey & Geoffrey Parratt, Walter Parratt: Master Of The Music (Oxford University Press, 1941).
• Organ Recitals at St George's Chapel