Edgar Pettman (1866–1943)Hyperion Records was an English organist, choral conductor and music editor.
Born at Dunkirk, Kent in 1881, Pettman entered the Royal Academy of MusicComposer biographies , accessed 22 November 2010 where he studied under Sir George Macfarren.Raymond F. Glover, The hymnal 1982 companion: Service music and biographies, Volume 2, 1994, p.565 He was organist at a number of London churches, including St Mary's, Kilburn (1888), St James's Church, Piccadilly (!897-1902) and St Sepulchre's, Holborn (1902-1915) until his retirement in 1924.Suzanne Cole, Thomas Tallis and his music in Victorian England, Volume 4 of Music in Britain, 1600-1900, (Boydell Press, 2008) p.160'Edgar Pettman', The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology
Composer of a number of anthems and other church music,Musical news: Volume 16, 1899 he is best known for his 1892 book Modern Christmas Carols.Edgar Pettman, Modern Christmas carols (Weekes & Co., 1892) Pettman harmonized the now popular carols I Saw a Maiden and Gabriel's Message, both based on Basque carol melodies, publishing the latter in a pamphlet, The University Carol Book in 1922, with an English rendering by Sabine Baring-Gould. Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology, The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came He was also an early editor of the works of Thomas Tallis, publishing an edition in 1900.
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