Clement A. (Clement Antrobus) Harris

Born in York in 1862, Clement Antrobus Harris built his career around music as both a practitioner and a writer. Contemporary library and public-domain records identify him as a British musician, and How to Write Music: Musical Orthography presents him as an Associate of the Royal College of Organists.

Harris wrote accessible books for readers who wanted music explained plainly. His known works include How to Write Music: Musical Orthography and The Story of British Music, showing an interest in both the technical side of writing music and the wider history of the art.

He died in 1942. Some later references also connect him with Australia in the final part of his life, but the clearest confirmed picture is of an author-musician whose practical, educational writing helped open up music for ordinary readers.