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W. S. Hoyte

Short Name: W. S. Hoyte
Full Name: Hoyte, W. S. (William Stevenson), 1844-1917
Birth Year: 1844
Death Year: 1917

Born: September 22, 1844, Sidmouth, England.
Died: July 2, 1917.
Buried: Sidmouth, England.

Hoyte studied under John Goss and George Cooper. He played the organ at various locations, finally at All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1868-1907). He was also a professor of organ at the Royal College of Music (1888), and at the Royal Academy of Music (1893), and professor of the pianoforte at the Guildhall School. He was a member of the Philharmonic Society, and received his DMus degree from the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1904.

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Tunes by W. S. Hoyte (14)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
ELLERTONW. S. Hoyte (Composer)451321 35435 11223
ST. COLUMBA (Hoyte)W. Stevenson Hoyte (Composer)1313515 65517 12332
[Harp, awake, tell out the story]W. S. Hoyte (Composer)255134 21712 31761
HOYTEW. S. Hoyte (Composer)214321 65513 66517
[Chant] (Hoyte 14321)Hoyte (Composer)114321 26771
MARGARET STREETW. S. Hoyte (Composer)251612 32153 14322
SEPTEM VOCES (Hoyte)W. S. Hoyte (Composer)1733321 15112 23324
ST. BONIFACE (Hoyte)W. S. Hoyte (Composer)115366 23457 65435
ST EDMUND (HOYTE)William Stevenson Hoyte, 1844-1917 (Composer)113543 23117 34435
ST. ETHELBURGAW. S. Hoyte (Composer)132436 32123 33656
ST. NICHOLAS (Hoyte)William Stevenson Hoyte (Composer)155177 65356 65154
ST. OLIVEW. S. Hoyte (Composer)154515 76543 45167
STAR OF MORNW. S. Hoyte (Composer)132156 15671 22332
[Chant] (Hoyte 51321)W. S. Hoyte (Composer)151321 55123 1
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