Fred Godfrey (bandmaster)

Frederick Adolphus Godfrey, better known as Fred Godfrey, (1837, London – August 28, 1882, London) was an English bandmaster and music arranger.

He was trained as a musician at the Royal Academy of Music.

In 1863 he succeeded his father as bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards; a post he held until his retirement in 1880.

Particularly well known is his Reminiscences which arranged music by Daniel Auber and Giuseppe Verdi among other composers.

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