alfred jethro silver
A surprise!
I had never heard of Silver, until I came across a piece of music - "Jubilate Deo" which appears below - in a stack of unread works which I had purchased back in the 1980's. What a pleasant surprise!
Who was he?
I was unable to find anything about him in the usual music reference books (Grove's, Oxford Companion, History etc.) but I did find the following short biographical note on the website of the German publishing house, Bardon, who also publish a few of his other organ compositions. (Of course, I have rushed to order them!)
Life
Dr. Alfred Jethro Silver, Mus. D. (Dunelm), FRCO, (born Windsor,1870, died Birmingham, England 1935) studied at St. George's School Windsor and became assistant organist at St. George's Chapel. He served as organist at Clewer Parish Church {1888), Ealing Parish Church (1889), St. David's, Merthyr Tydfil (1892) and Carmarthen Parish Church (1897). He spent the rest of his career as Music Master at the Grammar School and Organist at the Parish Church of Handsworth, Birmingham, England.
Works
In addition to several organ solos, Silver published many arrangements for the organ of well-known orchestral pieces (in particular by Tchaikowsky).