Edwin Gledhill



EDWIN GLEDHILL (1830-1919) was a composer and teacher. He arrived in York in 1851 with his father, Robert L. Gledhill, who under the name Signor Salvi appeared as tenor soloist on Jenny Lind's North American tours of 1851-2. After his father's death in 1853 Gledhill went to Philadelphia, moving later to Toronto, where he remained except for two sojourns in California. He was organist for 5 years at Bond St. Congregational Church, and taught privately.