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Alan Gray
1855 - 1935 Arranger of "BUCKLEBURY" in The Beacon Song and Service book Born: December 23, 1855, York, England.
Died: September 27, 1935, Cambridge, England.
Buried: Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
Alan Gray (23 December 1855, York – 27 September 1935, Cambridge) was a British organist and composer.
Born in York, he attended St Peter's School in York and Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1883 until 1893 he was Director of Music at Wellington College. In 1893 he returned to Cambridge to be organist at Trinity College, and remained organist there until 1930.
Among his compositions are liturgical music for Morning and Evening Prayer and the Office of Holy Communion for use in the Church of England according to the Book of Common Prayer, including an Evening Service in f minor, a setting of Holy Communion in G, several anthems, including 'What are these that glow from afar?', and a collection of descants to various hymn tunes, several of which are still in use today (Common Praise (2000) includes four). He also composed a number of items for organ, for violin solo, and for voice and orchestra to religious and secular texts.
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Alan Gray
Edwin Markham
Author of "The crest and crowning of all good" in The Beacon Song and Service book
Edwin Markham
George B. Lissant
1823 - 1899 Person Name: G. B. Lissant Composer of "BANNER" in Social Hymns of Brotherhood and Aspiration Born: September 22, 1827.
Died: September 14, 1899.
Lissant was a chorister at the coronation of Britain’s Queen Victoria. In 1849, he became the first organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Calcutta, India. From about 1872 to 1899, he played the organ at St. Augustine’s Church, Queen’s Gate, London.
Sources:
Musical Times, October 1, 1899, p. 691
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/i/s/lissant_gb.htm
George B. Lissant
