Edgar Pettman
Edgar Pettman (1866–1943)[1] was an English organist, choral conductor and music editor.
Born at Dunkirk, Kent in 1881, Pettman entered the Royal Academy of Music[2] where he studied under Sir George Macfarren.[3] He was organist at a number of London churches, including St Mary's, Kilburn (1888), St James's Church, Piccadilly (!897-1902) and St Sepulchre's, Holborn (1902-1915) until his retirement in 1924.[4][5][6]
Composer of a number of anthems and other church music,[7] he is best known for his 1892 book Modern Christmas Carols.[4] Pettman harmonized the now popular carols I Saw a Maiden and Gabriel's Message, both based on Basque carol melodies, publishing the latter in a pamphlet, The University Carol Book in 1922, with an English rendering by Sabine Baring-Gould.[8] He was also an early editor of the works of Thomas Tallis, publishing an edition in 1900.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Hyperion Records
- ↑ Composer biographies Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 22 November 2010
- ↑ Raymond F. Glover, The hymnal 1982 companion: Service music and biographies, Volume 2, 1994, p.565
- 1 2 Edgar Pettman, Modern Christmas carols (Weekes & Co., 1892)
- 1 2 Suzanne Cole, Thomas Tallis and his music in Victorian England, Volume 4 of Music in Britain, 1600-1900, (Boydell Press, 2008) ISBN 978-1-84383-380-2 p.160
- ↑ 'Edgar Pettman', The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology
- ↑ Musical news: Volume 16, 1899
- ↑ Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology, The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came
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