Born: Sep­tem­ber 2, 1845, Syd­en­ham, Eng­land.

Died: November 14, 1919, Head­ing­ton, Ox­ford, Eng­land.

Son of the Dean of Ro­ches­ter, Dale was a Schol­ar of Queen’s Coll­ege, Ox­ford (BA & MusB 1866). Or­dained a dea­con in 1870, and priest in 1871, he was as­sist­ant mas­ter at West­min­ster School (1870-1886); Rec­tor of Bletch­ing­ton (1885-1899) and Hamp­ton Poyle (1892-1897), and Per­pet­u­al Cur­ate of Bin­sey (1905-1910). His works in­clude:

• Twenty-Two Orig­in­al Hymn Tunes, by Two Ox­ford Grad­u­ates, 1867 (co-ed­it­or with H. J. Poole)
• A Mu­sic Prim­er for Schools (co-ed­it­or with John Trout­beck)

Sources

Music

1. St. Catherine
2. St. Petrox