Ivor [Sir] Atkins

Birth Year: 1869
Death Year: 1953
Notes: Choirmaster and organist at Worcester Cathedral from 1897 to 1950. He is well known for editing Allegri's Miserere with the famous top-C part for the treble. He is also well known for The Three Kings, an arrangement of a song by Peter Cornelius as a choral work for Epiphany.He composed songs, church music, service settings and anthems. With Edward Elgar he prepared an edition of Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

Arrangements:

Title Composer(s) Type Arranged For Publisher
German Requiem Brahms, Johannes Vocal score SATB, SBar soli and Piano reduction/Organ Novello & Co. Ltd
Miserere Allegri, Gregorio Vocal score SSATB, SSAB soli, a capella Novello & Co, Ltd
Miserere Allegri, Gregorio Vocal score SSATB, Organ Novello & Co, Ltd
St. John's Passion Bach, Johann Sebastian Vocal score SATB, SATB soli and orchestra Novello & Co. Ltd
The Three Kings Cornelius, Peter Score SSAATTBB, B solo, a capella Oxford University Press

Edited:

Title Composer(s) Type Arranged For Publisher
Evening Service in B Minor Blair, Hugh Vocal score SSAATTB and Organ Novello & Co, Ltd
O Lord How Many Are Them That Hate Me Purcell, Henry Vocal score SSATB, TB soli Bayley & Ferguson
St. Matthew's Passion Bach, Johann Sebastian Vocal score Double choir, SATTBB soli and orchestra Novello & Co, Ltd
The Passion of Our Lord According to S. Matthew Bach, Johann Sebastian Vocal & piano SATB, soli, orchestra Novello & Co, Ltd