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John Goss › Tunes

John Goss
Short Name: John Goss
Full Name: Goss, John, 1800-1880
Birth Year: 1800
Death Year: 1880

John Goss (b. Fareham, Hampshire, England, 1800; d. London, England, 1880). As a boy Goss was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later sang in the opera chorus of the Covent Garden Theater. He was a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music (1827-1874) and organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London (1838-1872); in both positions he exerted significant influence on the reform of British cathedral music. Goss published Parochial Psalmody (1826) and Chants, Ancient and Modern (1841); he edited William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854). With James Turle he published a two-volume collection of anthems and Anglican service music (1854).

Bert Polman

Wikipedia Biography

Sir John Goss (27 December 1800 – 10 May 1880) was an English organist, composer and teacher. Born to a musical family, Goss was a boy chorister of the Chapel Royal, London, and later a pupil of Thomas Attwood, organist of St Paul's Cathedral. After a brief period as a chorus member in an opera company he was appointed organist of a chapel in south London, later moving to more prestigious organ posts at St Luke's Church, Chelsea and finally St Paul's Cathedral, where he struggled to improve musical standards.

Tunes by John Goss (60)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
EMMAUS (Goss)J. Goss (Composer)855554 32111 33333
[ARISE, SHINE] GOSSJ. Goss, 1800 - 1880 (Composer)2
ARMAGEDDONJohn Goss (Arranged)21555321 56611 55561
ARTHUR'S SEATJohn Goss (Composer)10251176 56712 32125
WAS GOTT TUTJ. Goss (Adapter)151234 54365 43321
LAUDA ANIMA (Goss)John Goss (Composer)25955551 76543 65342
BENEDICTUS (Goss)John Goss, 1800 - 1880 (Composer)2
BETHANY (Goss)John Goss (Adapter)113517 65432 12765
BEVAN (Goss)John Goss (Composer)2911234 55554 32234
OLD 148THSir John Goss, Mus. Doc. (1800-1880) (Harmonizer)113515 43566 5432
BISHOPTHORPE (Goss)John Goss (Adapter)155433 21234 33243
[Chant] (Goss 13167)John Goss, 1800-1880 (Composer)1013167 12345 25314
[Blessed be the Lord God of Israel] (Goss)J. Goss (Composer)213451 43654 32567
[Chant] (Goss 34567)Goss (Composer)234567 11432 33456
DONA (Goss)John Goss (Composer)651354 32132 4321
DOVER (Williams)Goss (Harmonizer)553657 11717 65345
[Nun bricht aus allen Zweigen] (Beethoven)Sir J. Goss, Mus. D. (Arranger)117512 32343 21765
[Chant] (Attwood 12345)John Goss, 1800-1880 (Composer)112345 67127 17655
GOSS (Goss 13517)John Goss, 1800-1880 (Composer)413517 65543 4513
[Chant] (Goss-Beethoven 55555)J. Goss (Composer)255555 67777 7
HEAVENLY SONGJohn Goss (Composer)251765 43365 12143
HUMILITY (Goss)John Goss (Composer)7312176 55124 33231
IN MEMORIAM (Goss)Sir J. Goss (Composer)213554 32234 43176
ISRAEL (Goss)Sir John Goss (Composer)551512 32123 23454
[Chant] (Goss 12433)John Goss, 1800-1880 (Composer)212433 46543 25617
[Lord, her watch Thy Church is keeping] (Goss)J. Goss (Composer)234321 35432 12342
[Chant] (Goss-Beethoven 33333)J. Goss (Adapter)1033333 45555 55567
MY VOICE SHALT THOU HEARJohn Goss (1800-1880) (Composer)2
WÜRTEMBURG (Rosenmüller)Sir John Goss, Mus.D. (1800-1880) (Arranger)133551 23456 32215
NAZARETH (13343)Sir John Goss (Adapter)113343 21714 23453
BEDE (Handel)Sir John Goss, Mus.D. (1800-1880) (Adapter)917154 32171 21717
CHRISMATASir John Goss, Mus. Doc. (Composer)2151356 53212 24332
[Chant] (Goss 32253)John Goss, 1800-1880 (Composer)1432253 43217 1
PETERBOROUGH (Goss)Sir John Goss, Mus. Doc. (Composer)2255515 66551 23121
[Chant] (Goss 13243)J. Goss, 1800 - 1880 (Composer)2113243 21171
[O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth] (Goss)J. Goss, 1800 - 1880 (Composer)1
[Chant] (Goss 56653)John Goss, 1800-1880 (Composer)356653 24321
O TASTE AND SEE HOW GRACIOUS THE LORD ISJohn Goss (1800-1880) (Composer)2
OFFORDJ. Goss (Composer)232176 55432 17131
MORNING (51171)J. Goss (1800-1880) (Arranger)351171 27132 17665
POTSDAMJohn Goss (Composer)112432 15617 65346
REGENT SQUARE (Smart)J. Goss (Composer)753153 21566 51432
ROTHLEYJohn Goss (Composer)1051354 32176 17651
SALVATOR (Goss)John Goss (Composer)931543 43217 64321
[Chant] (Goss 35432)John Goss, 1800-1880 (Composer)1535432 17143 21762
GLAD TIDINGS (Goss)Sir John Goss, Mus. Doc. (Composer)411353 51123 11165
ST. AUGUSTINE (Goss)John Goss (Composer)313556 55343 21135
GOSS (Goss 53451)John Goss, 1800-1880 (Composer)1353451 17765 12211
ST. CYPRIAN (Goss)John Goss, 1800-1880 (Composer)951765 36551 23456
TARSUSSir John Goss, Mus.D. (1800-1880) (Composer)651712 34234 56234
ST. THOMAS (Goss)Sir John Goss (Adapter)233343 32151 54327
[Chant] (Goss 11114)Sir John Goss (Composer)511114 32173 33351
THESSALONICAJohn Goss (Adapter)651654 31232 21323
TUNE 76Sir John Goss, Mus.Doc., 1800-1880 (Composer)311122 33334 45654
UNDERSHAFTJohn Goss (Composer)315365 12332 15654
UNITY (Goss)John Goss (Composer)413517 66665 55366
WATERSTOCK (Goss)Sir John Goss (Composer)853451 55345 62
[Chant] (Goss 56712)Sir John Goss, Mus. D. (Composer)356712 31766 51234
[Chant] (Goss 12342)J. Goss (Composer)412342 31712 12342
[We praise thee, O God] (Goss and Hawes)John Goss, 1800-1880 (Composer)1

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