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Larry Peyton King, born in 1932, was a composer and organist and the music director at Trinity Church in lower Manhattan for 21 years. Mr. King was a graduate of Redlands University in California. He studied organ at the Royal Academy of Music in London on a Fulbright scholarship. He received his master’s degree in 1960 from the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He had a special interest in the use of electronics in instrumental and choral music. He was appointed Organist and Choirmaster at Trinity Church on June 1, 1968. In January 1973, the position of organist was renamed Director of Music. Mr. King organized the Family Choir in 1977 and contributed to a radio ministry, Trinity Church Hour, on WQXR from 1979 to 1986. As a composer, King “could mesh classical choirs and organs with contemporary rock in wonderful, unusual music that spoke to everyone.” (Tom Horan, 1989) King retired in September 1989 and died April 12, 1990. For his publishing company, see [l1966569].