Mann, Arthur Henry, 1850-1929 (organist)
Biography
Arthur Henry Mann (1850-1929), organist, was born on 16 May 1850 at 31 Tombland, Norwich. In 1870 he was appointed organist of St Peter's, Wolverhampton. He matriculated at New College, Oxford, in 1872, and took the degree of BMus in 1874. He graduated DMus in 1882 with his cantata Ecce homo. Following a brief spell, from 1875, at Beverley Minster, Mann applied for the organist's post at King's College, Cambridge. From 1894 to 1922 he was an assistant master at the Leys School in Cambridge. He died at the Evelyn Nursing Home, Cambridge, on 19 November 1929.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Henry Mann: Correspondence with Charles Sayle, 1915
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
From Arthur H. Mann to [?], 28 Feb. 1925
He wishes to add notes and libretto of 'Palestine', sent by [?], to his collection of 'Crotchiana'; Mann knew of Crotch's grandson William Duppa Crotch; a story of Crotch having kissed a girl student