Lionel Frederick Dakers

Lionel Frederick Dakers CBE (24 February 1924 – 10 March 2003) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Ripon Cathedral and Exeter Cathedral.[1]

Background

Lionel Frederick Dakers was born on 24 February 1924 in Rochester, Kent.[2] He studied organ under Harold Aubie Bennett at Rochester Cathedral and Edward Bairstow at York Minster.[3]

He was a Special Commissioner for the Royal School of Church Music in 1958–1972; Director of the Royal School of Church Music 1972–1990; President of the Incorporated Association of Organists 1972–1975; Secretary of the Cathedral Organists' Association 1972–1988; and President of the Royal College of Organists 1976–1978.

He was appointed CBE in 1983.

Family life

He married Elisabeth Williams (d. 1997) in 1952. They had 4 daughters.

He died in Salisbury, Wiltshire on 10 March 2003.

Career

Assistant organist of:

  • St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (1950–1954)

Organist of:

Publications
  • 1970: Church Music at the Crossroads
  • 1976: A Handbook of Parish Music; Mowbray
  • 1978: Making Church Music Work
  • 1980: Music and the Alternative Service Book (as editor)
  • 1980: The Chorister's Companion (as editor)
  • 1980: The Psalms -- their Use and Performance (as editor)
  • 1982: The Church Musician as Conductor
  • 1982: A Handbook of Parish Music; revised; Mowbray
  • 1984: Church Music in a Changing World
  • 1985: Choosing -- and Using -- Hymns
  • 1991: Parish Music; 3rd ed. of the "Handbook"; Canterbury Press
  • 1995: Places Where They Sing — Memoirs of a Church Musician;Canterbury Press

References
  1. The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.
  2. "News | UK and Worldwide News | Newspaper". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  3. "Lionel Dakers". Telegraph. 2003-03-14. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Charles Henry Moody		 Organist and Master of the Choristers of Ripon Cathedral
1954-1957		 Succeeded by
Philip Marshall
Preceded by
Reginald Moore		 Organist and Master of the Choristers of Exeter Cathedral
1957-1972		 Succeeded by
Lucian Nethsingha


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