Stanley R. Avery

Stanley R. Avery (1879 – September 17, 1967) was an American composer, choirmaster, and organist at St. Mark's Church for 40 years. He wrote many pedagogical pieces for piano, and some of his songs and works for organ were published during his life. Among his works in larger forms is an opera, The Operatician, on a libretto by William Skinner Cooper.