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Most likely better known in his day simply because an organist, church musician, and music editor, William Henry Monk composed a good amount of popular hymn tunes, including perhaps one of the most famous from nineteenth century England, Eventide, useful for the hymn Abide beside me. He also had written …

b. Charles Spencer Chaplin, 16 Apr 1889, Walworth, London, Britain, d. 25 Dec 1977, Vevey, Switzerland. Probably one of the most essential and important filmmakers ever, music was just a small section of Chaplin’s accomplishments. Due to his silent movies, by enough time that audio arrived in Chaplin was a …