This volume contains the original sheet music for "Funeral March from
'Becket'", a musical piece composed by Charles V. Stanford and arranged
for the organ by Sydney H. Nicholson. Sir Sydney Hugo Nicholson (1875 -
1947) was an English organist, composer and choir director most famous
for being the founder of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM). Sir
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) was an Irish composer,
conductor, and teacher of music. He was educated at the University of
Cambridge and continued his studies in Berlin and Leipzig. He was a very
influential composer, responsible for making Cambridge University
Musical Society an internationally-acclaimed organisation. Stanford was
also a profuse composer, producing a large corpus of work in many
genres; however, he is perhaps best remembered for his Anglican choral
works for church performance. This fantastic composition will appeal to
those with an interest in learning and playing classical music, and it
is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Stanford's seminal work.
Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and
expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality
edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the
history of the organ.