Born at
Ashbury in
Berkshire (now
Oxfordshire), Anger studied at
New College, Oxford where he earned a
Bachelor of Music. He began his career as a school teacher and a church organist-choirmaster in his native country. He was notably the conductor of the Ludlow Choral and Orchestral Society for several years. In 1897 his
cantata A Song of Thanksgiving was awarded the Jubilee Prize by the Bath Philharmonic Society. In 1890 his
madrigal Bonnie Belle won the London Madrigal Society Prize. In 1893 Anger emigrated to
Canada when he was appointed to the music faculty of the
Toronto Conservatory of Music where he was made head of the music theory department. He also worked as an examiner for the
University of Trinity College for many years. In 1894 he was appointed organist-choirmaster at the Church of the Ascension, leaving there in 1896 to assume a similar position at
Old St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. He left St Andrew's in 1902 when he became organist-choirmaster at Central Methodist Church. From 1896 to 1898 Anger served as the conductor of the
Toronto Philharmonic. He was appointed president of the
Canadian Society of Musicians in 1895 and was for several years the dean of the Ontario chapter of the
American Guild of Organists. He died 11 June 1913 in
Toronto eight days after his 51st birthday. ==See also==