Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks (21 October 1884 – 1956) was an English cathedral organist, who served in St Asaph Cathedral.
Background
Stocks was born in Essendon, Hertfordshire. He was the son of Marian Stocks and Walter Fryer Stocks, an artist. Stocks was also a composer, principally of church music, and the author of books on the training of choristers and cathedral organists.
Career
Assistant organist:
- Ely Cathedral 1906–09
Organist of:
- Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil 1909–11
- St Laurence Church, Ludlow 1911–17
- St Asaph Cathedral 1917–56
| Cultural offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byNorman Charles Woods | Organist and Master of the Choristers of St Laurence Church, Ludlow 1911–1917 |
Succeeded byFrank Edgar Bastick |
| Preceded byWilliam Edward Belcher | Organist and Master of the Choristers of St Asaph Cathedral 1917–1956 |
Succeeded byRobert Duke Dickinson |
References
- The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.
- The Musical Times, March 1956.