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Short Name: | Richard Redhead |
Full Name: | Redhead, Richard, 1820-1901 |
Birth Year: | 1820 |
Death Year: | 1901 |
Richard Redhead (b. Harrow, Middlesex, England, 1820; d. Hellingley, Sussex, England, 1901) was a chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford. At age nineteen he was invited to become organist at Margaret Chapel (later All Saints Church), London. Greatly influencing the musical tradition of the church, he remained in that position for twenty-five years as organist and an excellent trainer of the boys' choirs. Redhead and the church's rector, Frederick Oakeley, were strongly committed to the Oxford Movement, which favored the introduction of Roman elements into Anglican worship. Together they produced the first Anglican plainsong psalter, Laudes Diurnae (1843). Redhead spent the latter part of his career as organist at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Paddington (1864-1894).
Bert Polman
Texts by Richard Redhead (1)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Holy Spirit, Lord of love, Thou Who camest from above | Richard Redhead, 1853- (Author) | English | 1 |