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Show FRElHiICK ARCHEK. THE Wj :'3 RENOWNED ORGANIST Wi 3 ,S DIED RECENTLY. li He OncJ ave 8.000 Organ Recitals Withoij Repeating a Frograu- Fasedl6.ny rears ol His Life in the Conntii rr h Frede : Archer, organist of Carnegie Car-negie K : Hall, and one of the best known j jicians of the country, died at his ;"y.e in Pittsburg, Pa., after a lingerirj illness. Mr. Archer had a brilliari career in music. He was born ajTiford, England, on June 16, 1838. f-9" 847 he became the chorister at Maj et Chapel, now All Saints' churcht-jndon, and later organist at St. Clej 'it's, Oxford, and then of Mer-ton Mer-ton Qjjoge, holding both appointments appoint-ments liter traveling cn the continent conti-nent jas appointed organist of the Panopj i m, now the Alhambra Theater, Thea-ter, L(.on, and in 1862 gave weekly recitafTTjn the great organ at the world, Jj air in London. In 1863, in as-sociaj' as-sociaj' . with Julius Benedict, he di-recte; di-recte; ie concerts of ihe Vocal associate asso-ciate in 1865 became organist and choii ster of Christ Church; then of tjlVlhurch of tne Jesuit Fathers, until 173, when he was appointed to a sijyajar position at Alexandra Pal-acj Pal-acj d gave more than 2,000 recitals on the great organ without repeating a program. In 1877 he was given the entire direction of Alexandra Palace, and, besides the organ recitals, conducted con-ducted the orchestral concerts and the English opera in the theater. In 1879 he bijcame musicr.l examiner in the University of Glasgow, and in 1880 it FREDERICK ARCHER, formed an English opera company, Which gave performances in the chief cities of England. He visited the United States in 1881, played in many Of the principal cities, and after a short visit to London became organist of the -jrijndVhjir.ch Brooklyn, and subsequently sub-sequently of the Church of tne Incarnation, Incar-nation, New York, during which he gave a series of ninety concerts in Chickering Hall. In i8S5 he founded I the Keynote at Boston. He was the author of "The Organ," a theoretical treatise, and "The Collegiate Organ j Tutor," and had composed much music I of a high grade. I |