Composers

Edward Bairstow

Organ
Mixed chorus
Voice
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Baritone
Orchestra
Piano
Religious music
Anthem
Choruses
Prelude
Sacred choruses
Carol
Service
Sacred hymns
Hymn
Song
by popularity

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3 Short Preludes

B

Blessed city, heavenly Salem

C

Come, Ye Gentles, Hear the StoryCommunion Service in D major

E

Evening Song

F

Five Poems of the Spirit

I

I Sat down under His Shadow

J

Jesu, the very thought of Thee

K

Know Ye Not

L

LegendLet All Mortal Flesh keep SilenceLord, I call upon TheeLord, Thou hast been Our Refuge

M

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D major

O

Organ Accompaniments to 24 Unison Hymn-Tune VersesOrgan Sonata in E-flat major

P

Prelude in C majorPrelude, Elegy, and Toccata-Prelude

S

Save Us, O LordScherzo in A-flat majorSing Ye to the Lord

T

The Dawn of SongThe Day draws on with Golden LightThe Earth has Grown OldThe King of Love my Shepherd IsThe LamentationThe Promise which was Made unto the FathersThough I Speak with the Tongues of Men

U

Unison Service in E-flat major

V

Variations on an Original Theme
Wikipedia
Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (22 August 1874 – 1 May 1946) was an English organist and composer in the Anglican church music tradition.
Bairstow was born in Trinity Street, Huddersfield in 1874. His grandfather Oates Bairstow, was founder of the eponymous clothing firm.
He studied the organ with John Farmer at Balliol College, Oxford, and while articled under Frederick Bridge of Westminster Abbey received tuition from Walter Alcock. He studied organ and theory at the University of Durham, receiving the Bachelor of Music in 1894, and the Doctor of Music in 1901.
After holding posts in London, Wigan and Leeds, he served as organist of York Minster from 1913 to his death, when he was succeeded by his former pupil Francis Jackson. Jackson went on to write a biography of Bairstow. He was knighted in 1932.
Notorious for his terseness and bluntness, Bairstow did not always endear himself to others. Asked whether he would be willing to follow the example of his predecessor at York, Thomas Tertius Noble, and emigrate to the United States, he replied that he would "rather go to the devil". Comfortably ensconced in Yorkshire, where he was a close friend of the equally blunt Charles Harry Moody, organist at Ripon Cathedral, he refused an offer to succeed Sydney Nicholson at Westminster Abbey. He instead recommended his erstwhile pupil Ernest Bullock, who was duly appointed to the post.
Bairstow's compositions are mainly for the church. He wrote 29 anthems, ranging from large-scale works for choir and organ such as Blessed city, heavenly Salem to miniatures like I sat down under his shadow and Jesu, the very thought of thee. Among his anthems, Let all mortal flesh keep silence is perhaps the best known. His service music includes published settings in D (Evening 1906, Communion 1913, Morning 1925), E♭ (Full Setting, 1923), and G (Evening, 1940), and several unpublished works. He also composed psalm chants, hymn tunes, and a cantata, The Prodigal Son, for choir and chamber orchestra.
Bairstow was also active as an instrumental composer, mainly for the organ, and some 12 pieces were published in his lifetime, among them the 1937 Sonata in E♭. His small output of chamber music includes a set of variations for two pianos and another set of variations for violin and piano, both long out of print.