{{Short description|English songwriter (1867–1932)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Henry Edmond Pether''' (13 November 1867 – 7 February 1932) was an English songwriter and arranger.
He was born in Tottenham, London, and worked for many years as an employee of the music publishers, Francis, Day & Hunter, primarily as an arranger of songs, including traditional folk songs and shanties, for publication as sheet music.<ref name="gammond">Peter Gammond, ''The Oxford Companion to Popular Music'', Oxford University Press, 1991, p.450</ref><ref name=scowcroft>[http://www.musicweb-international.com/garlands/120.htm Philip L. Scowcroft, "A 120th Garland of British Light Music Composers", ''Classical Music Web'']. Retrieved 22 January 2021</ref> As a writer, his most successful songs included "Waiting at the Church" and "Poor John" (both with lyrics by Fred W. Leigh, sung by Vesta Victoria, 1906); and "The Seaside Posters Round the Home" (lyrics by Edgar Bateman, performed by Ernest Hastings, 1919).<ref name="gammond"/><ref name=baker/> He also produced orchestral arrangements for revues, including ''The Ragtime Revue'' (1912), and ''The Co-Optimists'' (1921).<ref name=scowcroft/> Together with Bennett Scott, Worton David and others, Pether was one of the founders of the Performing Right Society, to ensure the fair distribution of copyright payments to songwriters.<ref name=baker>Richard Anthony Baker, ''British Music Hall: an illustrated history'', Pen & Sword, 2014, {{ISBN|978-1-78383-118-0}}, pp.139, 156</ref>
He died in Palmers Green, London in 1932, aged 64.<ref name="gammond"/>
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==External links== * {{discogs artist|1441787}} * [http://www.dbopm.com/Link/index/4201/561 Compositions] at ''Database of Popular Music''
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