REA, William
(*1827)> ORG. · COMP. · COND.
REA (William). English org., comp., and cond., London, March 25, 1827. S. under J. Pittman for org. Org. of Christ Church, Watney Street, 1843. S. for a time under Sir W. S. Bennett. Org. of St. Andrew, Undershaft. S. under Moscheles and Richter at Leipzig, and under Dreyschock at Prague, 1849. Gave concerts in London, and became org. to the Harmonic Union, 1853. Established the London Polyhymnian Choir, 1856. Org. of St. Michael’s, Stockwell, 1858. Org. to the Corporation of…