WOODHOUSE

WOODHOUSE

Composer: Basil Harwood
Published in 1 hymnal


Composer: Basil Harwood

Basil Harwood (11 April 1859 – 3 April 1949) was an English organist and composer. Basil Harwood was born in Woodhouse, Gloucestershire (the second youngest of 12 children) on 11 April 1859. His mother died in 1867 when Basil was eight. His parents were Quakers but his elder sister Ada, on reaching 21 in 1867, converted to the Anglican Church. Basil was allowed to attend the ceremony at the Church of England in Almondsbury and this is where he was first drawn to organ music and choral singing. His father, Edward, remarried two years later in 1869 to a lady from an Anglican family. Basil was now sent to the Montpellier School in Weston-super-Mare for a year. In 1871, at 12 he was enrolled in Clevedon, the preparatory school for Charterh… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: WOODHOUSE
Composer: Basil Harwood
Meter: 10.10.10
Incipit: 31351 22347 33617

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The Oxford Hymn Book #306

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