- Eric Thiman
Eric Harding Thiman (12 September 1900
Ashford ,Kent – 13 February 1975London ) was an Englishcomposer andorganist . Largely self-taught, he gained aFRCO in 1921. From 1930 he was Professor of Harmony at theRoyal Academy of Music and later, from 1956 to 1962, was Dean of the Faculty of Music at theUniversity of London . From 1958 he was organist of the [http://www.city-temple.com/index.asp.html City Temple] inLondon , aCongregational Church where he achieved renown as animproviser of great skill. A prolific composer of small-scale works, he wrote much educational music for piano and other instruments, as well as accessible music for church choirs, some of which is still performed. He is best remembered for his shortpassion cantata , "The Last Supper" (1930) which sets texts from thegospels of Matthew and John and hymns by StThomas Aquinas ,Charles Wesley and Johannes Franck. It remains one of the rivals to Stainer’s "The Crucifixion" in the repertoire of less ambitious choirs and choral societies.References
* [http://www.musicweb-international.com/amateurs/Thiman.html External link to Musicweb International]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8913458758732744896 UGA Men's Glee Club perform Eric Thiman's composition, "She Is My Slender Small Love"]
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