Education
Clifton College; Corpus Christi College.
Clifton College; Corpus Christi College.
He was, like his successor Sir David Willcocks, educated at Clifton College. He was born at Clifton, Bristol. His setting of Adam lay ybounden, his only published piece of music, was once a fixture in the order of service of the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King"son
lieutenant now occasionally alternates with the settings by Peter Warlock and Philip Ledger.
A distinguished choir master, he was described by Willcocks as the man who taught him everything he knows about training a choir.