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[How good to lie a little while]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Myles B. Foster Incipit: 53335 52251 11337 Used With Text: Friends
[How good to lie a little while]
Myles Birket Foster
1851 - 1922 Person Name: Myles B. Foster Composer of "[How good to lie a little while]" in Songs for Little People Born: November 29, 1851, London, England.
Died: December 18, 1922, London, England.
Son of an artist, Foster attended Brighton and Guildford Grammar School and entered the stock exchange. He subsequently enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music and played the organ at St. James Church, Marylebone, and St. George’s, Campden Hill. From 1880-92 he was organist at the Foundling Hospital and at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and was choirmaster of St. James, Holborn. He composed children’s cantatas and much church music. His works include:
Methodist Free Church Hymns, 1889 (co-editor)
Anthems and Anthem Composers (London: Novello and Company, 1901)
History of the Philharmonic Society (London: 1913)
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Myles Birket Foster
