Samuel Reay

Samuel Reay (17 March 1828 - 21 July 1905) was an organist and composer based in England.

He was born on 17 March 1828, the son of George Agnew Reay, organist of Hexham Abbey, and Eleanor Spraggon.

His father moved to Ryton on Tyne and Samuel became a chorister in the choir at Durham Cathedral.

He is noted for having performed the first organ arrangement of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" which he arranged whilst in Tiverton.

Whilst in Newark he was conductor of the Newark Philharmonic Society.

His compositions include: