Frederick William Wadely

Frederick William Wadely OBE FRCO (30 July 1882 - 28 May 1970) was an English organist and composer. Background He was born in Kidderminster in 1882, the son of organist William Edward Wadely and Zoe (née Gilbert). He was trained at the Royal College of Music and was then organ scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He married Ethel Muriel Stokes in 1910. They had three children: *Zoe Beatrice Wadely (1912 – 1990) *Michael Wadely (1916 – 1999) *Beryl Wadely He was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music in 1947. Appointments *Organ scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge 1900 – 1903 *Organist of St. Andrew’s Church, Uxbridge 1903 – 1904 *Organist of Malvern Priory 1904 - 1910 *Organist of Carlisle Cathedral 1910 - 1960 List of compositions Church music *Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat - 1904 (unpublished) *O whither would ye go? (carol - words by Canon Anthony Deane of Malvern) - Stainer & Bell 1911 *Give peace in our time - Novello 1914 *Peace I leave with you - Stainer & Bell 1914 *The strife is o’er - Stainer & Bell 1916 *There shall come forth a rod - Novello 1917 *If ye then be risen with Christ - Novello 1918 *Three in One and One in Three - Novello