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| Short Name: | Myles Birket Foster |
| Full Name: | Foster, Myles Birket, 1851-1922 |
| Birth Year: | 1851 |
| Death Year: | 1922 |
Born: November 29, 1851, London, England.
Died: December 18, 1922, London, England.
Son of an artist, Foster attended Brighton and Guildford Grammar School and entered the stock exchange. He subsequently enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music and played the organ at St. James Church, Marylebone, and St. George’s, Campden Hill. From 1880-92 he was organist at the Foundling Hospital and at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and was choirmaster of St. James, Holborn. He composed children’s cantatas and much church music. His works include:
Methodist Free Church Hymns, 1889 (co-editor)
Anthems and Anthem Composers (London: Novello and Company, 1901)
History of the Philharmonic Society (London: 1913)
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Tunes by Myles Birket Foster (46) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABENDLIED (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 14365 44356 51766 |
| BEATI | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 13553 45676 11645 |
| BLESSINGS (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 53655 17654 45235 |
| BY THY MERCY | M. B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 31171 24343 65432 |
| [Chant] (Foster) | Foster (Composer) | 2 | 32155 54123 |
| CLARION (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 10 | 13511 15555 13511 |
| [Clouds of gray are in the sky] | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 3 | 12352 32123 5232 |
| COMFORT ME | M. B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 12432 17113 34455 |
| CRUCIS MILITES | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 4 | 53214 65156 53222 |
| CRUCIS VICTORIA | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 13 | 13453 45655 64322 |
| DEDICATION (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 4 | 12355 43443 22313 |
| DEUS MISEREATUR (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 55544 53336 55457 |
| DIES DOMINI (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 12325 43243 21321 |
| ETERNAL LIGHT (Foster) | M. B. Foster (1851- ) (Composer) | 3 | 13453 45665 12343 |
| [Good-night! our songs are sung] | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 3 | 55312 35531 23325 |
| HALLEL (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 13 | 55365 31234 35536 |
| [Hark! I hear, sweet and clear] | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 11111 11111 22333 |
| HEAVENLY LIGHT | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 4 | 17143 66554 52175 |
| HOME (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 35332 11712 23251 |
| [How good to lie a little while] | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 3 | 53335 52251 11337 |
| HYMN OF THANKS | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 4 | 33667 12155 5532 |
| LAUDAMUS (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 53453 45665 54324 |
| LITTLE REAPERS | M. B. Foster (Composer) | 4 | 55645 55564 5 |
| MONICA (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 6 | 33555 44333 65543 |
| [Now 'tis the merry Christmas time] | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 3 | 11176 54322 11765 |
| [O Christmas, merry Christmas] (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 11543 45111 75345 |
| O COME (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 34531 23531 23456 |
| OMNISCIENS | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 33323 54355 54576 |
| ONE BY ONE (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 11176 17651 56551 |
| PRODIGAL (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 32176 56771 13217 |
| RECESSIONAL (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 33355 66111 12354 |
| REJOICE (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 55543 45335 17765 |
| REX COELI | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 11117 22122 34453 |
| SALVATOR (Foster) | Myles Birket Foster (Composer) | 5 | 32176 11223 14322 |
| [Sevenfold Amen] (Foster) | M. B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 12325 43243 21225 |
| SILVERHAM | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 33333 34514 32234 |
| SLEEP ON (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 12321 25352 23456 |
| SUFFER THE CHILDREN | Myles Birket Foster (1851- ) (Composer) | 3 | 33352 23356 54533 |
| SUPPLIANT (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 3 | 17617 65671 22332 |
| THE HOMELAND | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 3 | 55365 32512 31144 |
| VENIO (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 17675 67123 54323 |
| VOX CELESTIS | Myles Birket Foster (Composer) | 3 | 16712 33333 65316 |
| WASSER | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 35364 53331 32132 |
| [Watching in the meadows] | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 6 | 56712 17767 6655 |
| WILBERFORCE (Foster) | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 15351 23214 36217 |
| WILLESDEN GREEN | Myles B. Foster (Composer) | 2 | 54334 25345 64517 |
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