About Henry Oswald Hodgson
Lived 1886 – 1975 (aged 88). Henry Oswald Hodgson was a British composer.
Henry Oswald Hodgson FRCO (6 November 1886 - 21 August 1975) was an organist and composer based in England.
Life
He was born on 6 November 1886 in Scawby, Lincolnshire, the son of Annie Ellen née Conran (1846–1930) and Revd. Samuel Edward Hodgson (1843–1905).
He studied organ at Lincoln Cathedral under George Bennett until 1914.
He married Rosamund Jocelyn Orde née Mangin (1894-1975) in 1916 in Ripon. They had one daughter Susette Mangin Hodgson (1917-2000).
Appointments Organist of St Andrew's Church, Boothby Pagnall ???? - 1908 Organist of St. Nicholas' Church, Lincoln ???? - 1911 Organist of St. Peter at Arches, Lincoln 1911 - 1914 Organist of St. Michael's Church, Alnwick 1914 - 1920 Organist of Selby Abbey 1920 - 1921 Organist of All Saints' Church, Leighton Buzzard 1921 - 1928 Organist of St Mary's Church, Nottingham 1928 - 1954
Compositions
He composed: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C Fantasia on a Christmas Theme Communion Setting in F Great is the Lord Jehovah Grant to us, Lord.
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British composer (1886-1975)
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Henry Oswald Hodgson was born on 6 November 1886.
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Henry Oswald Hodgson died on 21 August 1975 in Nottingham.
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Henry Oswald Hodgson was a composer.
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Henry Oswald Hodgson was British.
Sources & further reading
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