John Clare Billing

John Clare Billing ARCO (1866–1955) was an organist, composer and writer based in England.

Life

He was born in 1866 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and claimed descent from the poet John Clare's family. Billing was educated at Stamford School. He studied organ with Haydn Keeton at Peterborough Cathedral and also James Edward Adkins.

He taught at the Bluecoat School in Stamford and became an authority on local history, writing "Jottings" in the Stamford Mercury.

Appointments

Compositions

He composed

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of Organs and Organists. 1912
  2. ↑ Chappell & Co (1903) ASIN: B0000CT86D
  3. ↑ Skeffington & Son (1909) ASIN: B0000CT86E
  4. ↑ Reynolds & Co (1915) ASIN: B0000CT86F
  5. ↑ Dolby Brothers (1921) ASIN: B0016MFJA2