ADORATION (Elvey)

Composer: George J. Elvey

Sir George Job Elvey (1816–1893), English organist and composer, was born at Canterbury on the 27th of March 1816. He was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral under Highmore Skeats, the organist. Subsequently he became a pupil of his elder brother, Stephen, and then studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Cipriani Potter and Dr Crotch. In 1834 he gained the Gresham prize medal for his anthem, Bow down thine ear, and in 1835 was appointed organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, a post he filled for 47 years, retiring in 1882. He took the degree of Mus.B. of the University of Oxford in June 1838, having matriculated at New College the previous month[1] and in 1840 that of Mus. D. Anthems of his were commissioned for the Three Choirs… Go to person page >