School of Arts and Creative Technologies
Gilly French
MA by research
Thesis
Thesis Title & Description
The life and works of Edmund Hooper, the first designated Organist of Westminster Abbey.
- Supervisor: Prof Jo Wainwright
My aim is to present scholarly editions of a broad selection of Hooper’s anthems and to assess his historical position in relation to his contemporaries. In addition to transcriptions and an accompanying critical commentary, it will include a biographical selection and others on church music of the time, the available sources, and performance practice.
