Bernard Farebrother
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Bernard Farebrother (1846 - 1888) was an organist and composer based in Birmingham.
He was the son of Rev. H.W. Farebrother, vicar of Arlington in Sussex, and grandson of Charles Farebrother, Alderman of the City of London.[1] He studied organ in Norwich with Zechariah Buck. After a career as an organist which had some notable incidents, including being sacked from his employment in Warwick,[2] he committed suicide aged 40.[3]