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He was born in Woodhouse, Gloucestershire and educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford . After a further year's study in Leipzig he became organist of St. Barnabas Church, Pimlico , moving to Ely Cathedral in 1887 . His final appointment was at Christ Church, Oxford from 1892 to 1909 . Whilst there he co-founded and conducted the Oxford Bach Choir . He composed Cantata s, Church Music and works for Organ ; his Service in A flat, the Anthem ''O how glorious'' and the Hymn tunes '' Luckington '' ("Let all the world in every corner sing") and ''Thornbury'' ("Thy hand O God has guided") remain in the Anglican repertory. REFERENCE Jeremy Dibble, "Harwood, Basil (1859-1949)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004) http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33749 accessed 1 Feb 2005 |
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