JOHN GOSS (COMPOSER) -

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 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, Chelsea and finally St Paul's Cathedral, where he struggled to improve musical standards. As a composer, Goss wrote little for the orchestra, but was known for his vocal music, both religious and secular. Among his best-known compositions are his hymn tunes Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven and See, Amid the Winter's Snow. The music critic of The Times described him as the last of the line of English composers who confined themselves almost entirely to ecclesiastical music....