Wilfred Sanderson

Wilfred Sanderson (1878-1935) was an English composer. Sanderson was organist and choirmaster of the Church of St. Stephen, Walthamstow, Essex from 1896, then the London Churches of All Hallows, Southwark from 1898. A well known work, The Glory of the Sea, recorded by bass-baritone Peter Dawson in 1933, is a father's tribute to his son lost at sea.[1]

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  1. Jeffrey Richards Imperialism and Music: Britain, 1876-1953 Page 513 2001 -"Death at sea in the service of the nation remains a noble sacrifice, as classically expressed in Wilfred Sanderson's The Glory of the Sea (recorded by Dawson in 1933). It is a father's tribute to his son lost at sea. 'She sailed for England's honour ..."