William Ifor Jones
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William Ifor Jones (January 23, 1900 – November 11, 1988) was a Welsh conductor and organist.[1] Born into a large coal-mining family and raised in Merthyr Tydfil, Jones studied at the Royal Academy of Music as a scholarship student in London from 1920 to 1925. He studied the organ with Sir Stanley Marchant at St. Paul's Cathedral, London; orchestral conducting with Ernest Read and with Sir Henry Wood, (he became Wood's assistant at the Queen's Hall Orchestra); and harmony with Benjamin Dale. He was for a time organist at the Welsh Baptist Church in Castle Street, London, worked at the Royal Opera House, as a vocal coach at Covent Garden, assisted with the British National Opera Company in the role of prompter, and was the Assistant Choir Master at St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
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Born | (1900-01-23)23 January 1900 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
Died | 11 November 1988(1988-11-11) (aged 88) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Years active | 1920–mid-1980s |