Born: December 18, 1836, Hammersmith, London, England.
Died: June 22, 1913, Richmond, Surrey, England.
Filby studied in France, and played the organ at St. Peter’s Church, Hammersmith, London (1849); Bromley Parish Church, Kent (1853); the London churches of St. Peter, Walworth; St. Matthew, Bayswater; and St. Luke, Westbourne Park; Holy Trinity, Margate, Kent; Holy Trinity, Stepney, London; and St. Paul, West Greenwich, London (1884). He also served as organist at the International Exhibitions of 1882 and of 1885, wrote and lectured on church music, opera and music education, and composed organ voluntaries, operettas, songs, part songs and choruses.
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