The Foundations of English Music
Under the direction of Sir Richard RUNCIMAN TERRY
Restoration Anthems
THE WIRELESS CHORUS
LESLIE WOODGATE (organ)
Adrian Batten. who died in London in 1637, was successively a choir-boy at Winchester Cathedral, vicar-choral of Westminster Abbey, and organist of St. Paul's Cathedral. He was a voluminous composer, some of his anthems are still sung, but he is remembered chiefly in connection with the ' Batten Organ Book', a collection of valuable sixteenth-century church music put into organ score by Batten himself.
Pelham Humphries (or Humfrcy) and Dr. John Blow were represented in this series a fortnight ago.
Matthew Locke (1630-1677) is now associated chiefly with his incidental music to Macbeth, but in his day he enjoyed considerable reputation as a composer for the church and the stage.
Benjamin Rogers (1614-1698) was born, and passed much of his career as a lay-clerk at St. George's Chapel, at Windsor. He composed much Church Music.