Cleall, Charles

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CLEALL, Charles

CLEALL, Charles. British, b. 1927. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Music, Theology/Religion. Career: Writer. Command Music Adviser to the Royal Navy, Plymouth Command, 1946-48; Professor of Solo Singing and Choral Repertoire, Trinity College of Music, London, 1949-52; Choral Scholar, Westminster Abbey, London, 1949-52; Conductor, Morley College Orchestra, 1950-52; Organist, Wesley's Chapel, City Rd, London, 1950-52; Conductor, Glasgow Choral Union, 1952-54; BBC Music Assistant, Midland Region, 1954-55; Music Master, Glyn County School, Ewell, 1955-66; Conductor, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, 1957-60; Organist, St. Paul's, Portman Square London, 1957-61, and Holy Trinity, Guildford, 1961-65; Lecturer in Music, The Froebel Institute, Roehampton, 1967-68; Music Adviser, London Borough of Harrow, 1968-72; Music Specialist of the Northern Division of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Schools in Scotland, Scottish Education Dept., 1972-87; Ed., Journal of The Ernest George White Society, 1983-88. Publications: Voice Production in Choral Technique, 1955, 1970; The Selection and Training of Mixed Choirs in Churches, 1960; (ed.) Sixty Songs from Sankey, 1960, 1966; (ed.) John Merbecke's Music for the Congregation at Holy Communion, 1963; Music and Holiness, 1964; Authentic Chanting, 1969; (ed.) Plainsong for Pleasure, 1969; A Guide to Vanity Fair, 1982; Walking Round the Church of St. James the Great Stonehaven, 1993; A Jewel of a Church, 2000. Scores of articles in the musical and educational press. Address: 14 Heathfields Way, Shaftesbury SP7 9JZ, United Kingdom.