# Humfrey Anger > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Humfrey_Anger > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Humfrey_Anger.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humfrey_Anger > Source revision: 1350799490 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{One source|date=February 2010}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Humfrey Anger | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Joseph Humfrey Anger | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1862|06|03}} | birth_place = [Ashbury](/source/Ashbury%2C_Oxfordshire), [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire), [England](/source/England) | origin = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1913|06|11|1862|06|03}} | death_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada | genre = | occupation = [Organist](/source/Organist), [pianist](/source/pianist), [conductor](/source/conducting), [composer](/source/composer), and [music educator](/source/music_educator) | instrument = [Piano](/source/Piano), [pipe organ](/source/pipe_organ) | years_active = 1890–1913 | label = | website = }} '''Joseph Humfrey Anger''' (3 June 1862{{dash}}11 June 1913) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [organist](/source/organist), [pianist](/source/pianist), [conductor](/source/conducting), [composer](/source/composer), and [music educator](/source/music_educator) of English birth. His compositional output consists mainly of church music and works for solo piano and organ. Some of his more well known works are ''A Concert Overture'' for organ (1895), the patriotic song ''Hail Canada'' (1911), and ''Tintamarre, Morceau de Salon'' (1911), all of which were published by [Whaley, Royce & Co.](/source/Whaley%2C_Royce_%26_Co.) The latter piece was notably the first published classical composition to thoroughly integrate true [tone cluster](/source/tone_cluster)s. He also wrote the textbooks ''Form in Music'' and ''A Treatise on Harmony'', both of which were widely used in music schools in North America.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000079 |title=Humfrey Anger |encyclopedia=[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia) |author=[William Lock](/source/William_Lock) |access-date=26 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607232005/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000079 |archive-date=7 June 2011 }} ==Life and career== Born at [Ashbury](/source/Ashbury%2C_Oxfordshire) in [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) (now [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire)), Anger studied at [New College, Oxford](/source/New_College%2C_Oxford){{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordmen188018900fostuoft |title=Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees. Illustrated with portraits and views (1893)|year=1893 |publisher=Oxford, J. Parker }} where he earned a [Bachelor of Music](/source/Bachelor_of_Music). He began his career as a school teacher and a church organist-choirmaster in his native country. He was notably the conductor of the Ludlow Choral and Orchestral Society for several years. In 1897 his [cantata](/source/cantata) ''A Song of Thanksgiving'' was awarded the Jubilee Prize by the Bath Philharmonic Society. In 1890 his [madrigal](/source/Madrigal_(music)) ''Bonnie Belle'' won the London Madrigal Society Prize. In 1893 Anger emigrated to [Canada](/source/Canada) when he was appointed to the music faculty of the [Toronto Conservatory of Music](/source/Toronto_Conservatory_of_Music) where he was made head of the music theory department. He also worked as an examiner for the [University of Trinity College](/source/University_of_Trinity_College) for many years. In 1894 he was appointed organist-choirmaster at the Church of the Ascension, leaving there in 1896 to assume a similar position at [Old St Andrew's Presbyterian Church](/source/St._Andrew's_Church_(Toronto)). He left St Andrew's in 1902 when he became organist-choirmaster at Central Methodist Church. From 1896 to 1898 Anger served as the conductor of the [Toronto Philharmonic](/source/Toronto_Philharmonic). He was appointed president of the [Canadian Society of Musicians](/source/Canadian_Society_of_Musicians) in 1895 and was for several years the dean of the Ontario chapter of the [American Guild of Organists](/source/American_Guild_of_Organists). He died 11 June 1913 in [Toronto](/source/Toronto) eight days after his 51st birthday. ==See also== {{Portal|Music|Canada|Classical music}} *[Music of Canada](/source/Music_of_Canada) *[Canadian classical music](/source/Canadian_classical_music) *[List of Canadian composers](/source/List_of_Canadian_composers) *[List of Canadian musicians](/source/List_of_Canadian_musicians) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anger, Humfrey}} Category:1862 births Category:1913 deaths Category:19th-century classical composers Category:19th-century male composers Category:20th-century Canadian classical composers Category:20th-century Canadian male composers Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford Category:Canadian classical organists Category:Canadian male classical organists Category:Canadian classical pianists Category:Canadian male classical pianists Category:Canadian male conductors (music) Category:Canadian music educators Category:Canadian male classical composers Category:Musicians from Oxfordshire Category:People from Old Toronto Category:People from the Vale of White Horse (district) Category:Academic staff of The Royal Conservatory of Music Category:20th-century Canadian pianists Category:English emigrants to Canada Category:19th-century classical pianists Category:20th-century Canadian conductors (music) Category:19th-century British male musicians Category:19th-century male pianists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Humfrey Anger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humfrey_Anger) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humfrey_Anger?action=history)). 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