Arthur Henry Mann

Arthur Henry "Daddy" Mann (16 May 1850, Norwich – 19 November 1929, Cambridge) was an English organist and composer of hymn tunes including "Angel's Story" which was originally written for the hymn 'I love to hear the story', but is also sung to the words 'O Jesus, I have promised.' He was most noted for his role as organist and director of music at King's College Chapel, Cambridge from 1876 until 1929, being the founder director of the world famous tradition of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols since its first performance in 1918. In 1888, he published his own edition of Thomas Tallis's Spem in alium. His edition, though flawed, was the first publication ever made of Tallis's famous motet in forty parts.

Education

Mann graduated from New College, Oxford (MusB 1874, MusD 1882). He was a chorister and assistant organist at Norwich Cathedral. He was an articled pupil to Zechariah Buck.

Career

At 13 he appeared for The Bury St. Edmund's Athaenaem Choral Society in their production of Handel's Judas Maccabaeus in January 1864: "...they gained a like accession of strength in the voice of the young chorister from Norwich Cathedral (Master A. Mann), whose delightful and judicious singing surprised the audience...".[1]

He was

Organist at St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton, 1870–1871,[2]
Organist at St. Michael's Church, Tettenhall 1871–1875,[2]
Organist at Beverley Minster 1875–1876,[2]
Organist at King's College Chapel, Cambridge 1876–1929,[3]
Cambridge University Organist 1897–1929,
Music master and organist The Leys School, Cambridge 1894–1922.
In 1918 he directed the music and the first service of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College Chapel.

References

"The Bury St. Edmund's Athaenaem Choral Society". Norfolk Chronicle. 16 January 1864. p. 5.
Cathedral Organists, John E. West, London, Novello and Company, 1899.
Dictionary of Organs and Organists, Second Edition, 1921, G. A. Mate (London)

Day, Timothy: I Saw Eternity the Other Night: King’s College, Cambridge, and an English Singing Style, Allen Lane (2018); ISBN 978-0-24135-218-2

External links

Works by or about Arthur Henry Mann at Internet Archive
Free scores by Arthur Henry Mann in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
The Mutopia Project has compositions by Arthur Henry Mann

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[1] "The Bury St. Edmund's Athaenaem Choral Society". Norfolk Chronicle. 16 January 1864. p. 5.

[Cathedral_Organists_1899-2] Cathedral Organists, John E. West, London, Novello and Company, 1899.

[3] Dictionary of Organs and Organists, Second Edition, 1921, G. A. Mate (London)