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Cope, Charles Elvey, p.2

The Pursuit of a Chimera: Being a Mid-winter's Day Dream by Mr. C. Elvey Cope, 1893 is described in The Pall Mall Gazette ".. much imagination and pretty description in the book" and the St James' Gazette says "Fiction of the weird order, but imaginatively written."


The Dickensian, Vol. 1 1905, records C Elvey Cope A.R.C.O, read an interesting paper on Dickens and Characterisation’


Charles Elvey COPE {UK}

Songs Of A City [1923]

The Golden Art [1925]

Out Of The World's Medley [1928]

Thor [1930]

Downland Echoes [1937]


His entry in organ-biography.info reads:

Cope, Charles Elvey. A.R.C.O. Pupil of Walter Goss-Custard, Dr Alfred King. Composed masses, motets, piano and organ pieces, songs, &c. Author of “Famous British Organ Builders”. b. St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England, 1870; d. there, 1943.[sic.]

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