Edmund Fellowes
Edmund Horace Fellowes
Life and work
Fellowes was born in
Fellowes became an ordained deacon in 1894 and priest in 1895, and held a curacy in Wandsworth, after which he became precentor of
Fellowes' passion for mid-16th century – mid-17th century music led him to edit thirty-six volumes of
Fellowes' works were recognised by his alma mater and he was appointed an
Fellowes' editions of English Tudor church music represent a very significant contribution to 20th Century musical scholarship, bringing to new prominence composers such as Byrd and Orlando Gibbons, whose work was thus made accessible to composers and scholars, notably Ralph Vaughan Williams, whose revision of The English Hymnal was influenced by study of these themes in Fellowes' editions.[3] He lectured extensively on the subject, travelling numerous times to the United States for this purpose. His was the foremost work in the Anglican Tudor revival of the early 20th Century.
Other interests included cricket, writing A History of Winchester Cricket, and music performance, titling his memoirs the Memoirs of an Amateur Musician.
Publications
- Appendix with Supplementary Notes
- English Cathedral Music, 1941, revised J. A. Westrup – Publisher: London, Methuen, 1969. ISBN 0-416-14850-6
- English Cathedral Music from Edward the Sixth to Edward the Seventh
- English MadrigalComposers
- English MadrigalSchool
- English MadrigalVerse, 1588–1632
- English School of Lutenist Song Writers – Publisher: Boston : Music Library Association, c1984. ISBN 0-914954-30-X
- TudorSchool of Musicians
- TudorChurch Music
- William Byrd – English Church Music, Vol. 1
- William Byrd: A Short Account of His Life and Work
- The Knights of the Garter, 1348–1939: With a Complete List of the Stall Plates in St. Georges Chapel. Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Volume 1. (SPCK – 1939)
- Organists and Masters of the Choristers of St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Volume 3. (1939)
- The Military Knights of Windsor, 1352–1944. Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Volume 4. (1944)
- The Vicars Or Minor Canons of His Majesty's Free Chapel of St. George in Windsor. Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Volume 5. (1945)
- The Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers of St George's Chapel, Windsor Historical monographs relating to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Volume 10., (1957).
Correspondence
The St George's Chapel Archives, Windsor Castle, maintains several collections, including letters to him from Sir
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References
- ^ Sabben-Clare, James. Winchester College. Cave, 1981. p. 119
- ^ Maddocks, Fiona (August 2013). "The phoenix rising". Observer. (www.theguardian.com). Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ Vaughan Williams Studies, Alain Frogley]
- Shaw, Watkins, 'Fellowes, Edmund Horace (1870–1951)', rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Online database article number 33103.
- The Fellowes Collection at Oriel College.
- Collections of Edmund Horace Fellowes, Minor Canon of Windsor at St George's Chapel Archives
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