- Frederick Ouseley
Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley (
August 12 ,1825 –April 6 ,1889 ) was an Englishcomposer ,organist , andmusicologist .He was born in
London , the son of Sir Gore Ouseley, and manifested an extraordinary precocity in music, composing an opera at the age of eight years. In 1844, having succeeded to the baronetcy, he entered at Christ Church, and graduated B.A. in 1846 and M.A. in 1849. He was ordained in the latter year, and, as curate ofSt. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge , served the parish of St. Barnabas,Pimlico , until 1851.In 1850 he took the degree of Mus.B. at the
University of Oxford , and four years afterwards that of Mus.D.,his exercise being the oratorio St Polycarp. In 1849 he was ordained. He was professor of music at Oxford from 1855 to 1889In 1856 he became vicar of St Michael's College on the outskirts of
Tenbury Wells ["Tenbury Wells and the Teme Valley", 2007, p10] .His works include a second oratorio, Hagar (Hereford, 1873),a great number of services and anthems, chamber music, songs, &c.,and theoretical works, such as Harmony (1868) and Counterpoint (1869) and Musical Form (1875).
One of his most useful works is a series of chapters on English music added to the translationof
Emil Naumann 's History of Music, the subject having seen practically ignored in the Germantreatise.A learned musician, and a man of great general culture,Ouseley's influence on younger men was wholly for good, and he helped forward thecause of musical progress in England.
His works, which are little known today, include church services,
oratorio s,cantata s, and organ pieces. He also wrote a number of instructional treatises onharmony ,counterpoint ,fugue , and composition.Ouseley died in
Hereford , where he had beenprecentor at the cathedral since 1855. Probably his most notable student was Sir John Stainer.Incomplete list of works
Choral
*Anthems:
**"From the rising of the sun"
**"How goodly are the tents"
**"Is it nothing to you"
**"Jerusalem on high"
**"O Saviour of the world"
*Services
**Evening Service in B flat
**Evening Service in E flat
*Miscellaneous
**Gloria in D
**Te Deum in D
**Te Deum in FExternal links
*ChoralWiki
Reference
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