Robert Dalley-Scarlett

Dr. Robert Dalley-Scarlett (16 April 1887 – 31 July 1959) was an Australian organist, choirmaster, composer and musicologist. History Dalley-Scarlett was born Robert Scarlett in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, a son of Robert Campbell Scarlett and his wife Emily Florence Scarlett, née Hancock. The name “Dalley” was added in tribute to his godfather, William Bede Dalley and hyphenated later. and organ under Arthur Mason, organist of St James’ Church, Sydney 1898–1907, City Organist 1901–1907, and music correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. After several years taking occasional positions as church organist, he was in 1912 appointed organist and choral conductor to Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, Grafton. He married Gertrude Alice Peir (1886–1970) in Sydney in 1909; they had two sons. He enlisted with the 1st AIF on 5 May 1916, was gassed in France, transferred to the Pay Corps, London, in February 1917, and returned to Australia where he was honorably discharged in December 1917. While in London, he studied church music under Sir Frederick Bridge and Sir Richard Terry. and Mus. Doc. in 1934, the first Queensland musician to be so qualified. Dalley-Scarlett served with St. And