Russell Harry Coleman Green

Russell Harry Colman Green FRCCO (10 April 1908 6 February 1975) was an organist and composer based in England and Canada.[1]

Life

He was born in Norwich on 10 April 1908. He studied at the Birmingham School of Music and with G. D. Cunningham and Herbert Howells.

He conducted the Olton Orchestra 192647, the Birmingham Festival Choral Society 194554, and the Russell Green Choir 194958.

He moved to Ottawa, Canada in 1958 and died on 6 February 1975 in Saskatoon.

Appointments

Compositions

His compositions include over 350 songs, around 50 keyboard works, 50 sacred and secular choral pieces, a Paean for orchestra, and a cantata, Christus mediator (1962).

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References

  1. Who's who in music, Shaw Publishing, 1961
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