Oliver May
Life
Born: 1811
Died: 1891
Biography
Oliver May was born in Greenwich, England. He was first educated musically by his brother Edward Collett May (1806–1887), who was organist of Greenwich Hospital; and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He held organist positions at a chapel on Blackheath, a church in Bermondsey, and at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. He was professor of piano at Queen’s College, London, at its foundation, member of the original committee of the Bach Society, London, and was for many years a member and a director of the Philharmonic Society. He died at St. Albans. He was author of Progressive Vocal Exercises for daily practice. His known compositions are an overture arranged for piano duet, a quartet for piano and strings, piano pieces, songs, madrigals, and part-songs.
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