Arthur Henry Mann
Arthur Henry Mann (16 May 1850, Norwich – 19 November 1929, Cambridge) was an English organist and composer of hymn tunes including "Angel's Story" which was originally written for the hymn 'I love to hear the story', but is also sung to the words 'O Jesus, I have promised.'
Education
Mann graduated from New College, Oxford (MusB 1874, MusD 1882). He was a chorister and assistant organist at Norwich Cathedral. He was an articled pupil to Zechariah Buck.
Career
He was
- Organist at St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton, 1870–1871,[1]
- Organist at St. Michael's Church, Tettenhall 1871–1875,[1]
- Organist at Beverley Minster 1875–1876,[1]
- Organist at King's College Chapel, Cambridge 1876–1929,[2]
- Cambridge University Organist 1897–1929,
- Music master and organist The Leys School, Cambridge 1894–1922.
- In 1918 he directed the music and the first service of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College Chapel.
References
External links
- Free scores by Arthur Henry Mann in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- The Mutopia Project has compositions by Arthur Henry Mann
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