Arthur Henry Mann was an English organist and composer of hymn tunes including "Angel's Story" which was originally written for the hymn 'I love to hear the story', but is also sung to the words 'O Jesus, I have promised.'

Education

Mann graduated from New College, Oxford

New College, Oxford

New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always...

 (MusB 1874, MusD 1882). He was a chorister and assistant organist at Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral is a cathedral located in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. Formerly a Catholic church, it has belonged to the Church of England since the English Reformation....

. He was an articled pupil to Zechariah Buck

Zechariah Buck

Zechariah Buck, born 9 September 1798 in Norwich and died 5 August 1879 in Newport, Essex, was an English Organist.-Career:He was admitted as a Choir-boy of Norwich Cathedral on 10 September 1807....

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Career

He was

• Organist at St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton
  St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton
  St. Peter's Collegiate Church is located on the highest and the oldest developed site in central Wolverhampton, England. For many centuries it was a chapel royal, and from 1480 a royal peculiar, independent of the Diocese of Lichfield and even the Province of Canterbury. The collegiate church was...
  
  , 1870–1871,
• Organist at St. Michael's Church, Tettenhall 1871–1875,
• Organist at Beverley Minster
  Beverley Minster
  Beverley Minster, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire is a parish church in the Church of England. It is said to be the largest parish church in the UK....
  
   1875–1876,
• Organist at King's College Chapel, Cambridge
  King's College Chapel, Cambridge
  King's College Chapel is the chapel to King's College of the University of Cambridge, and is one of the finest examples of late Gothic English architecture, while its early Renaissance rood screen separating the nave and chancel, erected in 1532-36 in a striking contrast of style, has been called...
  
   1876–1929,
• Cambridge University Organist 1897–1929,
• Music master and organist The Leys School, Cambridge 1894–1922.
• In 1918 he directed the music and the first service of Nine Lessons and Carols
  Nine Lessons and Carols
  The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a format for a service of Christian worship celebrating the birth of Jesus that is traditionally followed at Christmas...
  
  at King's College Chapel.

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