Sydney Nicholson and his Musings of a musician
By: by John Henderson and Trevor Jarvis
Contributors: Henderson, John, 1945- compiler; Jarvis, Trevor (Honorary assistant librarian), compiler
Publisher: Royal School of Church Music
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Salisbury, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780854022267
Subjects: Church musicians; Biography; Composers; History; Church music; Study and teaching; Church of England; Royal School of Church Music (London, England)
Work titles: Musings of a musician
Notes: "The autobiography of Sir Sydney Nicholson, founder of the Royal School of Church Music, is  published here for the first time, enhanced by much additional material"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Preface / by Andrew Reid; title: Foreword / by Sydney Nicholson; title: Introduction / by the editors; title: Abbreviations and acknowledgements; title: I, My home; title: II, School and college life; title: III, Eton, Westgate, Carlisle; title: IV, Manchester; title: V, Westminster; title: VI, The School of English Church Music; title: VII, The present and future of church music; title: VIII, The final years; title: Appendixes. A, Nicholson's account of his ancestry; title: B, Recollections of Sir Charles Nicholson; title: C, Nicholson's observations on the role of choristers; title: D, Nicholson's observations on cathedral worship; title: E, The principal organs played by Sydney Nicholson; title: F, Nicholson as a composer, with a list of his compositions; title: G, The original hymn tunes of Sydney Nicholson; title: H, Leslie Howard; title: I, My song is love unknown / by Sydney Nicholson.