THE BRADFORD PSALTER MONTH 2 February – April – June – August – October – December Edited & compiled by Alexander Berry and Andrew Revans Second edition June 2019 Corrected in this edition: Psalm 84: vv 12 & 13 (Full) now bold Psalm 86: v 6 spacing after corrected v 7 missing “my” Psalm 89: Latin heading incorrect font size v 37 “Anointed” not “Anoited” Psalm 91: alto bar 13 E flat, not F Psalm 101: vv 2 & 9 square brackets omitted Psalm 103: v 6 Can not Cac Psalm 107: v 2 missing “the” Psalm 119: v 32 “hast” not “has” v 68 pointing changed to be consistent with v 26 v 147 “do” not “to” Psalm 121: rests in third quarter correctly placed Psalm 135: v 17 Can not Dec Psalm 137: v 3 “led” not “let” Psalm 150: Stanford v 2 “ac - / cording to • his /” not “ac - / cording • to his /” Day 30: Month 2 not Month 1 Various: incorrect fonts (2019/06/12 fully searched and all Times New Roman replaced) various Glorias: hyphens removed from “with-out” Bradford Cathedral Psalter Month 2, Composers of Chants ANON. 1927-1932; Professor of music at University College, Composer unknown. This chant first appears in the Christ Aberystwyth 1919-1926; Master of the King’s Music 1934- Church Oxford Chant Book of 1960, set to Psalm 150. 1941. Psalm 89: 37-51 (2) Psalms 103 (1&2), 121 ASHFIELD, Robert James (1911-2006) EDWARDS, Paul Christison (b. 1955) DMus (London), FRCO; born in Chipstead, Surrey; Organist ARCO; born in Bedford; chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral; of Southwell Minster 1946-1956, Rochester Cathedral Lay Clerk (alto), Peterborough Cathedral 1978-1982; 1956-1977. organist of various churches in the Bedford area. Prolific composer of church music, including the carol No Small Psalm 135 Wonder. ATKINS, Sir Ivor Algernon (1869-1953) Psalm 86 (2) DMus (Oxon), MusD (Cantab), FRCO; born in Llandaff, ELGAR, Sir Edward William, Bart., OM, GCVO Cardiff; Organist of Ludlow Collegiate Church 1893-1897, Worcester Cathedral 1897-1950. Friend and supporter of (1857-1934) Elgar. HonMusD (Cantab), HonDMus (Oxon), (Dunelm), (Yale); Psalm 118 (2) born in Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire; Professor of Music, Birmingham University 1905-1908; Master of the BARBER, Geoffrey Hopwood (1913-1974) King’s Music 1924-1934. Born in Stockport; Organist of St Paul’s Heaton Moor Psalms 107 (3), 138 1949-1967; Royal School of Church Music Northern Commissioner 1967-1974. GAUNTLETT, Henry John (1805-1876) Psalm 109 (1) DMus (Cantuar); born in Wellington, Shropshire; qualified as a solicitor and pursued a legal career until 1846; BERRY, Alexander (b. 1989) thereafter organist of several London churches. Played MA (Cantab), FRCO; chorister at Lichfield Cathedral; the organ at the first performance of Mendelssohn’s Assistant Organist at Magdalen College, Oxford; Organist Elijah. Composed over 1,000 hymn tunes, the most of Bradford Cathedral since 2017. famous of which is Irby (“Once in royal David’s city”. Psalms 107 (2), 119: 25-32, 134 Psalm 112 CHERUBINI, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore GOSS, Sir John (1800-1880) (1760-1842) HonMusD (Cantab), FRCO; born in Fareham, Hampshire, Composer and theorist. Chant adapted by F Deffel where his father was organist of the Parish Church; pupil (identity unknown) from the Requiem Mass of 1817. of Thomas Attwood, whom he succeeded as Organist of St Paul’s Cathedral 1838-72. Chant 105(2) arranged from Psalm 81 (2) the hymn tune by Jeremiah Clarke King’s Norton. COOKE, Benjamin (1734-1793) Psalms 105 (3), 115 HonDMus (Oxon), MusD (Cantab); born in Covent Garden, GROOME, The Revd Robert Hindes (1810-1889) London; Assistant Organist of Westminster Abbey at age 12, Organist 1762-1793. Succeeded by his son Robert MA (Cantab); born in Framlingham, Suffolk; Rector of Cooke (see Month 1). Monk Soham, Suffolk. Psalm 86 (1) Psalm 119: 65-72 COOPER, David Anthony (1949-2008) HANFORTH, Thomas William (1867-1948) MA (Oxon), FRCO; born in Derby; Assistant Organist of BMus (Dunelm), FRCO; born in Hunslet, Leeds; chorister at Wells Cathedral 1977-1983; Organist of Blackburn Leeds Parish Church (now Minster); Deputy Organist of Cathedral 1983-1994, Norwich Cathedral 1994-1995. York Minster 1887-1892; Organist of Sheffield Parish Church (later Cathedral) 1892-1937. Psalm 89: 37-51 (1) Psalm 81 (1) DAVIES, Sir Henry Walford, KCVO, OBE (1869-1941) MusD (Cantab), HonDMus (Oxon), HonMusD (Dublin), HonFRCO; born in Oswestry, Shropshire; Organist of the Temple Church 1898-1923, St George’s Chapel Windsor i Month 2, Composers of Chants Bradford Cathedral Psalter HOPKINS, Edward John (1818-1901) the organ at age 12; Organist of Christ Church Cathedral DMus (Cantuar), FRCO; born in Westminster where he was Oxford 1909-1926; Precentor of Eton 1926-1945. a chorister at the Abbey; sang at the coronation of King Psalm 119: 153-160 William IV; Organist of the Temple Church 1843-1898. LLOYD, Charles Harford (1849-1919) Psalms 140 (1&2), 145 MA, DMus (Oxon), FRCO; born in Thornbury, HOW, Martin John Richard, MBE (b. 1931) Gloucestershire; Organist of Gloucester Cathedral 1876- MA (Cantab), FRCO; born in Liverpool where his father 1882, Christ Church Cathedral Oxford 1872-1892; was rector of St Nicholas’ Church (and later Bishop of Precentor of Eton 1892-1917; Organist of the Chapel Glasgow & Galloway); Organist of Grimsby Parish Church Royal 1917-1919. 1961-1964; Royal School of Church Music Southern Psalm 93 Commissioner 1955-1991. LUTHER, Martin (1483-1546) Psalm 127 Born in Eisleben, Holy Roman Empire; professor, HOWELLS, Herbert Norman, CH, CBE (1892-1983) theologian, composer, priest and monk; seminal figure in DMus (Oxon), HonMusD (Cantab), HonDMus (RCM); born in the German Reformation. Chant adapted by John Goss Lydney, Gloucestershire; Director of Music, St Paul’s from the chorale Ein feste Burg. Girls’ School 1936-1945; Acting Organist of St John’s Psalm 105 (1) College Cambridge 1939-1945; King Edward Professor of MARSHALL, Joseph Philip (1921-2005) Music, London University. DMus (Dunelm), FRCO; born in Brighouse; Organist of St Psalms 120, 125 Botolph’s Boston 1951-1957, Ripon Cathedral 1957-1966, HUNTLEY, George Frederick (1859-1913) Lincoln Cathedral 1966-1986. MusD (Cantab); born in Datchet, Berkshire; Organist of Psalms 101, 150 (alternative 1) Newcastle Cathedral 1894-1895, St Peter’s Eaton Square MIDDLETON, James Roland (1896-1983) 1895-1913; Professor of Music at the Royal Academy of Music. DMus (Dunelm), FRCO; born in Ringwood, Hampshire; Organist of Mold Parish Church 1923-44; Assistant Psalm 82 Organist of Chester Cathedral 1934-44; Organist of IVES, Grayston (b. 1948) Chelmsford Cathedral 1944-1949, Chester Cathedral DMus (Cantuar), FRSCM; chorister at Ely Cathedral; 1949-1963, St Asaph Cathedral 1963-70. member of the King’s Singers 1978-1985; Organist and Psalm 97 Informator Choristarum of Magdalen College Oxford NAYLOR, Charles Legh (1869-1945) 1991-2009. Born in Scarborough, son of John Naylor (later Organist Psalms 91, 119: 105-112, 119: 113-120 of York Minster); Assistant Organist of York Minster JACKSON, Francis Alan, CBE (b. 1917) from 1891; Organist St Peter’s Harrogate 1892-1902 and DMus (Dunelm), DMus (Cantuar), FRCO; born in Malton, 1917-1935. Brother of E W Naylor, composer of Vox Yorkshire; chorister at York Minster under Sir Edward Dicentis: Clama. Bairstow, whom he succeeded as Organist 1946-1982. Psalms 100, 119: 73-80 Psalm 147 PARRY, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings, Bart. LANG, Craig Sellar (1891-1971) (1848-1918) DMus (Dunelm); born in Hastings, New Zealand; Music HonDMus (Oxon), HonMusD (Cantab), HonMusD (Dublin), Master at the Royal Naval College at Osborne 1913-1920, BMus (Oxon); born in Bournemouth; Professor of Music, Clifton College 1920-1929; Director of Music, Christ’s Oxford University 1900-08; Director of the Royal College Hospital 1929-1945. of Music 1894-1918. He took his Oxford BMus while still a Psalm 137 boy at Eton. Psalm 84 LEY, Henry George (1887-1962) MA, DMus (Oxon), HonFRCO; born in Chagford, Devon, where his father was rector; chorister at St George’s Chapel Windsor, where he was accompanying services on ii Bradford Cathedral Psalter Month 2, Composers of Chants ROBERTS, John Varley (1841-1920) Church (now Cathedral) 1914-1916; Rochester Cathedral DMus, HonMA (Oxon); born in Stanningley, Leeds; 1916-1930; Chester Cathedral 1930-1932; St George’s Organist of St Bartholomew’s Armley 1862-1868, Halifax Chapel Windsor for a few weeks until his death from Parish Church (now Minster) 1868-1882, Organist and meningitis. Informator Choristarum of Magdalen College Oxford Psalm 109 (2) 1882-1918. STEWART, Haldane Campbell (1868-1942) Psalm 131 MA, DMus (Oxon); born in Notting Hill, London; batsman ROSE, Bernard William George, OBE (1916-1996) for Kent County Cricket Club 1892-1903; Director of MusB, MA (Cantab), MA, DMus (Oxon); born in Little Music, Tonbridge School 1898-1919; Organist and Hallingbury, Hertfordshire; chorister at Salisbury Informator Choristarum of Magdalen College Oxford Cathedral; Organist of The Queen’s College Oxford 1939- 1919-1938; Acting Organist 1941-1942 during the absence 1957, Organist and Informator Choristarum of Magdalen of William McKie on active service; father of Top of the College Oxford 1957-1981. Pops founder producer Lorn Alastair (“Johnnie”) Stewart. Psalms 105 (2), 143 Psalm 107 (1), 118 (1) SMART, Henry Thomas (1813-1879) TALBOT, The Revd. George Surtees (1875-1918) Born in London; nephew of the conductor and hymn tune MA (Oxon); Vicar Choral (Minor Canon) of York Minster composer Sir George Smart; Organist of Blackburn Parish 1903-1918; Vicar of Huntington, York 1915-1918. The last Church (now Cathedral) 1831-1836, followed by various words of Sir Edward Bairstow’s unfinished autobiography, London churches including St Pancras 1864-1879. Almost describing Talbot’s funeral, are “I have missed Talbot totally blind for the last 15 years of his life. ever since.” Psalm 89: 1-19 Psalms 94, 150 STAINER, Sir John (1840-1901) TURLE, James (1802-1882) MA, DMus (Oxon), HonDMus (Dunelm), FRCO; born in Born in Taunton, Somerset; chorister at Wells Cathedral; Southwark, London; chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral; Organist of Westminster Abbey 1831-1882.