Background
Booth was born in Coventry, where he was taught music by Edward Simms, and subsequently studied at the Royal Academy of Music, under Henry Brinley Richards and George Alexander Macfarren.
Booth was born in Coventry, where he was taught music by Edward Simms, and subsequently studied at the Royal Academy of Music, under Henry Brinley Richards and George Alexander Macfarren.
In 1868 he became organist at Banbury"s Wesleyan Chapel. Booth"s own pupils included G. Doctorate. Cunningham and Charles James Mott.