Education
Born into a Welsh musical family at Llandaff, Atkins graduated with a bachelor of music degree from The Queen"s College, Oxford in 1892, and subsequently obtained a Doctorate in Music (Oxford).
Born into a Welsh musical family at Llandaff, Atkins graduated with a bachelor of music degree from The Queen"s College, Oxford in 1892, and subsequently obtained a Doctorate in Music (Oxford).
He is well known for editing Allegri"s Miserere with the famous top-C part for the treble. He is also well known for The Three Kings, an arrangement of a song by Peter Cornelius as a choral work for Epiphany. He was assistant organist of Hereford Cathedral (1890-1893) and organist of Street Laurence Church, Ludlow from 1893 to 1897.
He composed songs, church music, service settings and anthems.
With Edward Elgar he prepared an edition of Bach"s Saint Matthew Passion. He was knighted in 1921 for services to music and was President of the Royal College of Organists from 1935 to 1936.
Sir Ivor Atkins" wife, Katherine, was Mayor of Worcester in 1937. Their ashes were interred in Worcester Cathedral.