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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
'''Born:''' 1887 | '''Born:''' 1887 | ||
'''Died:''' 1956 | '''Died:''' 1956 | ||
'''Biography''' | '''Biography''' | ||
Dr. George Oldroyd was an English organist and composer of Anglican church music. He was organist of St. Alban's Church, Holborn from 1919 to 1920, and then of St Michael's Church, Croydon from 1920 until his death in 1956. Both are churches firmly rooted within the Anglo-Catholic tradition in the Church of England. He composed numerous settings of the mass, but is best remembered for his "Mass of the Quiet Hour" composed in 1928, whose swooping melodies and lush harmonies recall the Palm Court style of that era. It was dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, in whose diocese St. Michael's at that time lay, and is still part of the repertoire of many English cathedrals and parish churches. | Dr. George Oldroyd was an English organist and composer of Anglican church music. He was organist of St. Alban's Church, Holborn from 1919 to 1920, and then of St Michael's Church, Croydon from 1920 until his death in 1956. Both are churches firmly rooted within the Anglo-Catholic tradition in the Church of England. He composed numerous settings of the mass, but is best remembered for his "Mass of the Quiet Hour" composed in 1928, whose swooping melodies and lush harmonies recall the Palm Court style of that era. It was dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, in whose diocese St. Michael's at that time lay, and is still part of the repertoire of many English cathedrals and parish churches. | ||
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==List of choral works== | ==List of choral works== | ||
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*''Mass of the Quiet Hour'' | *''Mass of the Quiet Hour'' | ||
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*''Prayer to Jesus'' | |||
*''Ye watchers and ye holy ones'' | *''Ye watchers and ye holy ones'' | ||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Life
Born: 1887
Died: 1956
Biography
Dr. George Oldroyd was an English organist and composer of Anglican church music. He was organist of St. Alban's Church, Holborn from 1919 to 1920, and then of St Michael's Church, Croydon from 1920 until his death in 1956. Both are churches firmly rooted within the Anglo-Catholic tradition in the Church of England. He composed numerous settings of the mass, but is best remembered for his "Mass of the Quiet Hour" composed in 1928, whose swooping melodies and lush harmonies recall the Palm Court style of that era. It was dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, in whose diocese St. Michael's at that time lay, and is still part of the repertoire of many English cathedrals and parish churches.
View the Wikipedia article on George Oldroyd.
List of choral works
- Spring, the sweet spring
- Mass of the Quiet Hour
- Missa Ave Jesu
- Prayer to Jesus
- Ye watchers and ye holy ones
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Publications
External links
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