Bernard Naylor (November 22, 1907 – May 19, 1986) was an English and Canadian composer, conductor and organist.
In the 1920s,[1] he visited Canada[2] and met and studied with the now famous composers Gustav Holst, John Ireland and Vaughan Williams in The Royal Conservatory of Music.
During the late 1930s, he traveled back to England as an organist and musical director at Queens' College, but returned to Canada shortly after in 1940,[1] where he married Dorothy Crerar.
In 1959, he stayed the rest of his life with his wife in Canada and continued to compose, first in Winnipeg and Victoria in 1968,[1][2] despite retiring on 1964.
[1] On May 19, 1986, Naylor died in his sleep in Bassenthwaite, Cumbria, England while visiting friends.