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THE BRADFORD PSALTER MONTH 1 January – MarchNot – Mayfor –performance July – September – November Edited & compiled by Alexander Berry and Andrew Revans First edition September 2018 Not for performance Born in York, where he was a chorister at the Minster; Organist of St. Andrew’s Wells Street and St Ann’s Soho; MusD (Cantab), HonDMus (Oxon), HonMusD (Dublin), Precentor of Eton 1875-1892; Principal of the Royal HonFRCO; born in Oswestry, Shropshire; Organist of the Academy of Music 1892-1896. Temple Church 1898-1923, St George’s Chapel Windsor Bradford Cathedral Psalter Month 1, Composers of Chants 1927-1932; Professor of music at University College, BARNBY, Sir Joseph (1838-1896) DAVIES, Sir Henry Walford, KCVO, OBE Aberystwyth 1919-1926; Master of the King’s Music 1934- (1869-1941) 1941. Born in Tutbury, Staffordshire; Vicar Choral and Master of the Choristers, St Paul’s Cathedral 1846-1858. Psalms 10(1), 20, 24, 26 Composer of many works for the stage, mostly produced at Covent Garden between 1800 and 1821. He is best BAYLEY, William (1810-1858) MA (Cantab), FRCO; chorister at Lichfield Cathedral; knownPsalms for14, his23 song, The Bay of Biscay. Assistant Organist at Magdalen College, Oxford; Organist Psalmof Bradford 56 Cathedral since 2017. DAVY, John (1763-1824) FRCO; born in Street, Somerset; Director of Music and BERRY, Alexander (b. 1989) Organist of Rugby School 1867-1886. MA (Cantab), FRCO; born in Maidstone, Kent; Organist of Psalm 50(1) St Matthew’s Northampton 1958-1964, Blackburn PsalmCathedral 27 1964-1983, Trinity Church, Princeton, New Jersey 1983-1998. EDWARDS, Edwin (1830-1907) BERTALOT, John (b. 1931) HonMusD (Cantab), HonDMus (Oxon), (Dunelm), (Yale); Psalmborn in 15 Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire; Professor of Music, Birmingham University 1905-1908; Master of the DMus (Oxon); born in London; Organist of Worcester King’s Music 1924-1934. College Oxford 1891-1894, Wells Cathedral 1896-1899, ELGAR, Sir Edward William, Bart., OM, GCVO (1857-1934) BristolPsalm 52(1)Cathedral 1899-1901; Director of Music, Harrow School 1901-1927; Professor of Music, London University 1925-1937. BUCK, Sir Percy Carter (1871-1947) Priest Vicar of Lincoln Cathedral 1704-1714; Gentleman of the Chapel Royal 1715; Reader in the Whitehall Chapel andPsalm Minor 68(1) Canon of Westminster Abbey 1719-27. It is possible that he was only the arranger of this chant, Born in York; Organist of York Minster (as were his which has its origins in Allison’s Psalter (1599) and John FLINTOFT, The Revd. Luke (c1680-1727) father and son) 1799-1842. Playford’s Whole Booke of Psalms (1677) where it Psalm 78: 41-56(2) appears under the name Salisbury. Along with Morley in Not for performanceD minor, this is the earliest known example of a double CAMIDGE, Matthew (1764-1844) chant. Born in Westminster; son of the organist and composer Benjamin Cooke; succeeded his father as Organist of St PsalmMartin -58in- the-Fields 1793; Organist of Westminster Abbey 1802-1814. He met his death by drowning in the Thames. MusD, MA (Cantab); born in Winchester, son of a lay clerk COOKE, Robert (1768-1814) at the Cathedral; chorister at New College Oxford; pupil Psalmof and 7assistant to S S Wesley at Winchester; Organist of Madras Cathedral 1854-1856, St. John’s College DMus (Oxon); born in Norwich; child prodigy; played the Cambridge 1856-1897. organ before the King when he was three and a half; GARRETT, George Mursell (1834-1897) OrganistPsalm 79 of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford 1790-1807; Professor of Music, Oxford University 1797-1847; first Principal of the Royal Academy of Music 1822-1832. CROTCH, William (1775-1847) HonMusD (Cantab), FRCO; born in Fareham, Hampshire, where his father was organist of the Parish Church; pupil Psalm 8 GOSS, Sir John (1800-1880) i Psalm 73(1) of Thomas Attwood, whom he succeeded as Organist of St Paul’s Cathedral 1838-72. MA, DMus (Oxon), HonDMus (Dunelm), HonMusD (Dublin); born in London; child prodigy; Precentor of Hereford Cathedral 1855-1889; Professor of Music, Oxford Month 1, Composers of Chants Bradford Cathedral Psalter University 1855-1889; founder (1856) and first Warden of OUSELEY, The Revd. Sir Frederick Arthur Gore, MA (Cantab); born in Westminster; Rector of St Michael’s College Tenbury. PsalmsSandringham 3, 21, 187848, 53-1907; Canon of Norwich Cathedral Bart. (1825-1889) 1907-1910. Domestic Chaplain to King Edward VII. HERVEY, The Revd. Frederick Alfred John, CVO (1846-1910) HonMA, HonDMus (Oxon), HonMusD (Cantab), HonDMus (Dunelm); born in Huddersfield; Organist and Informator DMus (Cantuar), FRCO; born in Westminster where he was PsalmChoristarum 71(2) of Magdalen College Oxford 1872-1882; a chorister at the Abbey; sang at the coronation of King Organist of St George’s Chapel Windsor 1882-1924; WilliamPsalm 38 IV; Organist of the Temple Church 1843-1898. Professor of Music, Oxford University 1908-1918; Master PARRATT, Sir Walter, KCVO (1841-1924) of the Queen’s (later King’s) Musick 1893-1924. HOPKINS, Edward John (1818-1901) DMus (Cantuar), FRSCM; chorister at Ely Cathedral; member of the King’s Singers 1978-1985; Organist and ARSCM; born in Bradford; Organist of Bradford Cathedral InformatorPsalm 52(2) Choristarum of Magdalen College Oxford 1963-1981. 1991-2009. Psalms 36(1&2), 40(1), 59(2), 62 IVES, Grayston (b. 1948) RHODES, Keith Vernon (1930-1992) DMus, HonMA (Oxon); born in Stanningley, Leeds; DMus (Cantuar), MA, MusB (Cantab), FRCO; born in Par, Organist of St Bartholomew’s Armley 1862-1868, Halifax Cornwall; Organist of Canterbury Cathedral 1937-1952; PsalmParish 54Church (now Minster) 1868-1882, Organist and PsalmDirector 10(2) of the Royal School of Church Music 1952-1972. Informator Choristarum of Magdalen College Oxford 1882-1918. ROBERTS, John Varley (1841-1920) KNIGHT, Gerald Hocken, CBE (1908-1979) HonDMus (Dunelm); born in Edinburgh; chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral where he was later Sub-Organist 1895- Organist of Westminster Abbey 1727-1762. According to Psalm1916, Organist45 1916-1927. William Boyce “a most excellent performer on the Psalmorgan.” 18(3) MACPHERSON, Charles (1870-1927) DMus (Oxon), HonMA (Cantab), FRCO;Not Born in Norwich, for performanceROBINSON, John (1682-1762) where he was a chorister at the Cathedral and articled MusB, MA (Cantab), MA, DMus (Oxon); born in Little Psalmpupil of 78: Zechariah 41-56(1) Buck; organist of Beverley Minster Hallingbury, Hertfordshire; chorister at Salisbury 1875-1876, King’s College Cambridge 1876-1929. “Daddy” PsalmCathedral; 34 Organist of The Queen’s College Oxford 1939- Mann introduced Choral Scholars to the choir at King’s MANN, Arthur Henry (1850-1929) 1957, Organist and Informator Choristarum of Magdalen and in 1918 directed the first Festival of Nine Lessons College Oxford 1957-1981. and Carols to be held there. ROSE, Bernard William George, OBE (1916-1996) BMus (Oxon); chorister at Wells and Bristol Cathedrals; DMus (Cantuar), BMus (Oxon), HonDMus (Oxon), FRCO; Co-Director of Music, Clifton College 1902-1955. born in Lambourn, Berkshire; pupil of Sir John Stainer; Psalms 70, 75 SubPsalm-Organist 78: 1-17 of St Paul’s Cathedral 1876-1888, Organist 1888-1916. SMITH, Walter Ernest (1879-c1962) MARTIN, Sir George Clement, MVO (1844-1916) MA, DMus (Oxon), HonDMus (Dunelm), FRCO; born in Southwark, London; chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral; PsalmOrganist 18(2) of St Michael’s College Tenbury 1857-1860, ii STAINER, Sir John (1840-1901) Psalm 32 Magdalen College Oxford 1860-1872, St Paul’s Cathedral 1872-1888; Professor of Music, Oxford University 1889- Born in Fletton, Huntingdonshire; Organist and Informator 1899. Choristarum of Magdalen College Oxford 1943-1957. Very little biographical detail appears to exist on him. Bradford Cathedral Psalter Month 1, Composers of Chants MA, DMus (Oxon); born in Notting Hill, London; batsman TAYLOR, Philip John (1892-c1970) for Kent County Cricket Club 1892-1903; Director of Born in Taunton, Somerset; chorister at Wells Cathedral; Music,Psalm 73(2)Tonbridge School 1898-1919; Organist and Organist of Westminster Abbey 1831-1882. Informator Choristarum of Magdalen College Oxford Psalms 65, 68(3) 1919-1938; Acting Organist 1941-1942 during the absence STEWART, Haldane Campbell (1868-1942) of William McKie on active service; father of Top of the TURLE, James (1802-1882) Pops founder producer Lorn Alastair (“Johnnie”) Stewart. MA, MusD (Cantab); born in London; son of the composer of glees Thomas Forbes Walmisley; Organist of Trinity Psalmand St 30(1&2),John’s Colleges 59(1) Cambridge 1833-56; Acting Organist of King’s College and Great St Mary’s Church MA (Oxon); Vicar Choral (Minor Canon) of York Minster Cambridge c1850-1855; Professor of Music, Cambridge WALMISLEY, Thomas Attwood (1814-1856) 1903-1918; Vicar of Huntington, York 1915-1918. The last University 1836-1856. Psalmswords of 4, Sir50(2), Edward 68(2), Bairstow’s 76 unfinished autobiography, describing Talbot’s funeral, are “I have missed Talbot ever since.” TALBOT, The Revd. George Surtees (1875-1918) Born in Bristol; son of Charles Wesley the hymn writer; nephew of John Wesley, founder of Methodism; father of PsalmS S Wesley. 18(1) A prolific composer in all areas of music and an enthusiastic promoter of the music of Bach. WESLEY, Samuel (1766-1837) Psalm 40(2) Psalms 42, 43, 71(1) Not for performance iii Not for performance Domine, quid multiplicati? Bradford Cathedral Psalter Month 1, Evening 1 PSALM 3 p • Dec cresc. 3 But thou O Lord art / my de- / fender: FULL 1 Lord how are they in- / creas’d that / trouble me: mf thou art my worship and the / lif-ter / up of my / head. many are / they that / rise a- / gainst me. Can 4 I did call upon the Lord / •with my / voice: FULL 2 Many one there be that / say of my / soul: and he heard me / out of • his / ho-ly / hill. There is no / help for him / in his / God.