Conrad William Eden

Conrad William Eden, TD (1905–1995) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Wells Cathedral and Durham Cathedral.

He was born in 1905 in Alton, Hampshire, and was a chorister at Wells Cathedral. He won a scholarship to Rugby School, another to the Royal College of Music and an exhibition which took him to St John's College, Oxford, as college organist. A short period as organist of St. Philip and St. James and director of music at the Dragon School, Oxford, ended with a fractured skull. After his recovery he went as assistant organist at Wells Cathedral where in 1933 he was appointed organist and master of the choristers. In 1936, he moved to Durham Cathedral.

Assistant organist of: Wells Cathedral 1927–1933

Organist of: Wells Cathedral 1933–1936 Durham Cathedral 1936–1974

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English classical organists

British male organists

Cathedral organists

1905 births

1995 deaths

Alumni of St John's College, Oxford

People educated at Rugby School

20th-century classical musicians

20th-century English musicians

20th-century organists

20th-century British male musicians

Male classical organists