William Archibald Barclay
BARCLAY, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD (1907–1969). William Archibald Barclay, organist and professor of organ, was born in Temple, Texas, on February 26, 1907, the son of Rigsby Ledbetter and Louzelle Rose Barclay. Gifted from his earliest days, Barclay began playing the piano almost as soon as his hands could reach the keys. His mother, a gifted pianist and organist, was his first piano teacher. On the organ, Barclay began with Mrs. W. A. Harrell in Temple. As a teenager he traveled alone on the train to Dallas to study under Harold Van Katwick...
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