- Edward Naylor
Edward Woodall Naylor (
February 9 ,1867 –May 7 ,1934 ) was an Englishorganist andcomposer .Naylor was born in Scarborough in 1867, his father, John Naylor was organist of
York Minster . He gained a choral scholarship atEmmanuel College, Cambridge , and studied at theRoyal 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 toCambridge in 1898, where he became both the assistant master atThe 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 romanticopera in a Prologue and four Acts", performed atCovent Garden in 1909, revived by theCarl Rosa in 1921.
* "Requiem, Pax Dei", influenced byGiuseppe Verdi andCharles Villiers Stanford , performed in Cambridge in 1913.
* "Arthur the King" - acantata aired atHarrogate 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 2007External links
*ChoralWiki
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/wma-pop-up/-/B000002ZML001004 Sample of "Vox Dicentis"] (Opens Windows Media Player)
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