Frederick Ouseley

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Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley (August 12, 1825 – April 6, 1889) was an English composer, organist, and musical scholar.

He was born in London and studied at the University of Oxford, obtaining his D.Mus. there in 1854. In 1849 he was ordained. He was professor of music at Oxford from 1855 to 1889 and in 1856 founded St Michael's College in Tenbury Wells.

His works, which are little known today, include church services, oratorios, cantatas, and organ pieces. He also wrote a number of instructional treatises on harmony, counterpoint, fugue, and composition.

Ouseley died in Hereford, where he had been precentor at the cathedral since 1855. Probably his most notable student was Sir John Stainer.

[edit] Incomplete list of works

[edit] Choral

• Anthems:
  • From the rising of the sun
  • How goodly are the tents
  • Is it nothing to you
  • Jerusalem on high
  • O Saviour of the world
• Services
  • Evening Service in B flat
  • Evening Service in E flat
• Miscellaneous
  • Gloria in D
  • Te Deum in D
  • Te Deum in F