James William Elliott
Life
Born: 13 February 1833
Died: 5 February 1915
Biography
James William Elliott was born in Warwick, England. He sang as a chorister in the Leamington Parish Church where he studied organ and counterpoint as part of his chorister training. Following that training, he was organist at Leamington Chapel, Heaton Hall, Banbury Parish Church and at St. Mary, Bolton, Brampton. In 1862 he moved to London and was at All Saints, St. John’s Wood and finally St. Mark, Hamilton Square. In 1871 he was invited by Sir Arthur Sullivan to help him edit Church Hymns (1874). He was also heavily involved in the preparation of the Choral Service Book of 1892. His compositions include two operettas, numerous anthems, service music, works for instruments including the harmonium. His most notable hymn tunes are CHURCH TRIUMPHANT and DAY OF REST. He is best remembered as a collector of nursery rhymes, publishing Mother Goose; or, National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Song Set to Original Music by J. W. Elliott (1870). Of those tunes, the most enduring are the exceptionally familiar melodies for “Jack and Jill”, “Sing a song of six-pence”, and “Hickory, dickory, dock.”
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List of choral works
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Publications
External links
- Works by James William Elliott in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
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