Edward Naylor

Edward Woodall Naylor (February 9, 1867– May 7, 1934) was an English organist and composer.

Naylor was born in Scarborough in 1867, his father, John Naylor was organist of York Minster. He gained a choral scholarship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and studied at the Royal College of Music between 1888 to 1892. After spending eight years as organist of London churches St. Michael's Church, Chester Square (1889) and St. Mary's Church, Kilburn (1896), Naylor returned to Cambridge in 1898, where he became both the assistant master at The Leys School and organist of Emmanuel College. Naylor lived in Cambridge until his death in 1934.

His most important compositions were for voices; his composition The Angelus, won the Ricordi prize for an English opera. His church music blends elements of 16th to 20th century music. Naylor was considered an authority on Shakespeare and music, and was an early exponent of greater musical authenticity.

Incomplete list of musical works

Chamber music

• Quintet
• Piano Trio in D Minor.

Chorus and Orchestra

• Merlin and the Glen - A scena, performed at the Royal College of Music when he was a student.
• The Angelus - "A romantic opera in a Prologue and four Acts", performed at Covent Garden in 1909, revived by the Carl Rosa in 1921.
• Requiem, Pax Dei, influenced by Giuseppe Verdi and Charles Villiers Stanford, performed in Cambridge in 1913.
• Arthur the King - a cantata aired at Harrogate in 1902.
• Slaves of Liberty - Opera.

Church music

• A Hymn In Praise Of The Faith
• Eastern Monarchs - motet.
• I Will Cause The Shower - anthem for choir and organ.
• Jubilate Deo in A - for choir and organ.
• Jubilate Deo in A-flat - for male voices (TTBB) and organ.
• Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - for double choir, written in 1903.
• Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - for male voices (TTBB).
• Postlude in E-flat Major - for organ.
• Hear my prayer, O God (Psalm 55) - for choir and organ.
• God Of Our Fathers, Known Of Old - recessional hymn, setting the text of Rudyard Kipling.
• O Jerusalem, Look About Thee - anthem for choir and organ.
• O Lord God to whom vengeance belongeth (Psalm 94) - for choir and organ.
• Te Deum in A - for choir and organ.
• Te Deum in E-flat - for unison voices and organ.
• This Is The Month Tonic
• Vox Dicentis - motet written in 1911.
• We Have Heard With Our Ears - for choir and organ.
• Final Responses - for festival and normal time.

Songs and part songs

• The Merry Bells of Yule
• The Charge of the Light Brigade

Symphonies and orchestral works

• Variations in B Flat
• Tokugawa - Overture

Other publications

• Shakespeare and Music: With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th Centuries by Naylor, Edward W., New York: AMS Press, 1965.
• The Poets and Music 1928.
• An Elizabethan Virginal Book 1905.

References

• Fuller, J. A., 'Edward Naylor', Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Oxford University Press 2007

External links

• Free scores by Edward Naylor in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Sample of Vox Dicentis (Opens Windows Media Player)