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Dr A. W. Pollitt, (1878-1933), was an organist, choir master, teacher and composer,[1] born in rural Lancashire, but spent spent most of his life in Liverpool, England.

Personal life

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Arthur Wormald Pollitt was born in Crompton, (but shown as Liverpool in some sources), Lancashire, on 27 November 1878,[2] son of John and Susan Wormald. He was a choir boy at Manchester Cathedral [3][4][5] and went on to study at the Royal Manchester College of Music.[3][4][5] He was awarded the degree of Doctor in Music by the University of Durham.[3][4][5]He married Gwendoline May Lund, (1875-1963) and they had two children. He died in Liverpool on 3 February 1933.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Professional life

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Dr Arthur W Pollitt, FRCO, LRAM, ARCM, was Sub-organist at Manchester Cathedral[3][4][5] and later organist at the former Hope Street Unitarian Church, Liverpool (otherwie known as Hope Street Unitarian Chapel), and the Liverpool School for the Blind, then in Hardman Street but, on its current site, now known as the Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool.[3][4][5] He was appointed Chorus Master of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (now Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir) from 1918 until 1929[3][4][5][10]and later as Organist.[4][11] As well as teaching privately, Dr Pollitt was a Lecturer in Music at the University of Liverpool from 1919[12][13] until his death.

Dr Pollitt published numerous arrangements for organ and his compositions are largely confined to organ and choral works.[14] He was also author of three books:[15][16] 'The Necessity of Music in a School Curriculum',[17] The Self-reliant Musician'[18]and 'The Enjoyment of Music',[4][19] the latter being the most well known.[3][4]

Voluntary work

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Dr Pollitt was one of the founders of the Rodewald Concert Society and served as its Treasurer until his death.[20][21] He was also Treasurer of the Incorporated Society of Musicians[4] and President of the Liverpool and District Organists' and Choir Masters' Association, 1916 -17,[4] now known simply as Liverpool Organists' Association.https://liverpoolorganists.wordpress.com/what-we-do/

Compositions

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Compositions include:-

Organ works

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Sonata in C minor, Op 12

2 Ballades

2 Gavottes, Op 5 & Op 1

2 Impromptus

2 Marches 3 Preludes

Numerous other works

Choral works

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Te Deum in G Op 11 no 1

Magnificat & Nunc dimittia Op 9

Part songs

The Unison Chant Choir Book (with Ernest Bryson)

Sources

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1 Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1954 (Grove)

2 A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians Ed. Eaglefield-hull, Dent 1924. (Dent)

3 Biographic Dictionary of the Organ, https://www.organ-biography.info/

4 British Library Catalogues (BL) https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en

5 COPAC https://copac.jisc.ac.uk

6 IMLT https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Pollitt,_Arthur_Wormald

7 Archives of the Rodewald Concert Society, Liverpool Record Office, Ref 780 RCS (780RCS)

8 Ancestry UK, https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/77109767/person/44556514035/facts

  1. ^ ViquipédiA https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_W._Pollitt
  2. ^ Dent p 392, Pollitt, Arthur Wormald
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h The Times 6 Feb 1933, p 14, col F, Death of Dr A.W. Politt
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Liverpool Post and Mercury, 4 Feb 1933, Death of noted organist
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Liverpool Evening Express, 3 Feb 1933,Dr Arthur W Pollitt Dead
  6. ^ The Guardian, 4 Feb 1933, p 7, Deaths, Pollitt
  7. ^ Weekly Examiner (Huddersfield), 4 Feb 1933, p 10, Distinguished Organist
  8. ^ Western Morning News (Plymouth), 4 Feb 1933, p 16, Dr A W Pollitt
  9. ^ Birmingham Gazette, 4 Feb 1933, p 7, Organist's Death
  10. ^ 'The Original Liverpool Sound', D Henley & V McKernen, Liverpool University Press, 2009, p 236, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus Masters
  11. ^ 'A Phoenix Transformed', Lewis, Margaret, 1955, Countrywise Ltd, Rock Ferry, Wirral, pp 49 & 50
  12. ^ The Times, Jul 10, 1919 p 7 col B, Gift to University of LIverpool, (last sentence)
  13. ^ University of Liverpool Calendar 1919-20, Academic Staff list
  14. ^ Publishers: Augner, Novello, Paxton, Schott, S & B. See Source 2.
  15. ^ Dent p 392 Pollitt Arthur Wormald
  16. ^ British Library Catalogue, Pollitt, Arthur Wormald
  17. ^ A W Pollitt,'The Necessity of Music in a School Curriculum', New Temple Press
  18. ^ A W Pollitt, 'The Self-reliant Musician' Sherret & Hughes, Manchester
  19. ^ A W Pollitt, 'The Enjoyment of Music'. Methuen, London, 1922
  20. ^ Archives of the Rodewald Concert Society, Liverpool Record Office, Ref 780 RCS/1/1/1, 27 Apr 1911
  21. ^ 'Two Centuries of Music in Liverpool, Taylor, Stainton de B., Rockliff Bros, Liverpool', 1976, p. 35.
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