OLIVER MAY

Oliver May (1811–1891) was born in Greenwich, England. He was first educated musically by his brother Edward Collett May (1806–1887), who was organist of Greenwich Hospital, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He held organist positions at a chapel on Blackheath, a church in Bermondsey, and at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. He was professor of piano at Queen’s College, London, at its foundation, member of the original committee of the Bach Society, London, and was for many years a member and a director of the Philharmonic Society. He died at St. Albans. He was author of “Progressive Vocal Exercises for daily practice.” His known compositions are an overture arranged for piano duet, a quartet for piano and strings, piano pieces, songs, madrigals, and part-songs.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
	Come, follow me		Percy’s “Reliques”	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing