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John Goss

1800 - 1880 Person Name: Sir John Goss Composer of "[Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is]" in The Church Service Book John Goss (b. Fareham, Hampshire, England, 1800; d. London, England, 1880). As a boy Goss was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later sang in the opera chorus of the Covent Garden Theater. He was a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music (1827-1874) and organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London (1838-1872); in both positions he exerted significant influence on the reform of British cathedral music. Goss published Parochial Psalmody (1826) and Chants, Ancient and Modern (1841); he edited William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854). With James Turle he published a two-volume collection of anthems and Anglican service music (1854). Bert Polman
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Richard Woodward

1743 - 1777 Person Name: Dr. R. Woodward Composer of "[Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is]" in The Church Service Book Woodward, Richard, jr; b. 1743?; d. Dublin, 22 Nov. 1777; Anglo-Irish organist and composer LOC Name Authority File
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John Foster

1752 - 1822 Composer of "[Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is]" in The Church Service Book
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