Richard Yates Mander Explained

Dr. Richard Yates Mander FRCO LRAM (1862^[1] - 31 March 1917) was an English organist and composer.

Education

He was born in 1862 in Leamington Spa, son of Richard Mander and Esther Evans.^[2] His father was a band master.

In 1879 he passed the senior examination of Trinity College of Music, when it was held in Leamington Spa.^[3] He was awarded his ARCO in 1883^[4] and his FRCO some time later. He graduated B.Mus (1896) and D.Mus (1902)^[5] at Queen's College, Oxford.^[6]

In September 1885, he married Elizabeth Catherine Taylor.^[7] The children from this marriage were:

• Richard Noel Mander, b. 1886
• Ester Maud Mander, b. 1887
• Catherine Mary Mander, b. 1889
• Lucy Evelyn Mander, b. 1891

He died in Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 31 March 1917^[8] and is buried in Ashey Cemetery.

Appointments

• Organist and choir master of St. John’s Church, Leamington Spa 1880 – 1888^[9]
• Organist of the St Philips Church, Birmingham 1888 - 1898
• Organist of All Saints' Church, Ryde 1898 - 1917
• He also served as music master of the College of the Blind, Worcester, and of the Royal Naval College at Osborne, Isle of Wight.
• He was teacher and organist of the Birmingham and Midland Institute of Music (1892-95) and organist to Ryde Corporation (from 1899).^[10]

Compositions

He wrote

• some organ music.^[11]
• A Harvest Anthem, Thou Shalt Shew Us Wonderful Things.
• "Glory to Thee, my God, this night" (submitted as his B.Mus exercise).^[12]

Notes and References

1. British musical biography. James Duff Brown, Stephen Samuel Stratton – 1897
2. Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011
3. Leamington Spa Courier. Saturday 16 August 1879
4. Musical times - Volume 24 - Page 151, 1883
5. Leamington Spa Courier - Friday 14 November 1902
6. Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans, Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, 1997, p. 223.
7. Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011
8. Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011
9. Leamington Spa Courier – Saturday 21 July 1888
10. Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans, Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, 1997, p. 223.
11. A directory of composers for organ. John Henderson. 1999. P.287
12. Maggie Humphreys, Robert C. Evans, Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, 1997, p. 223.