JOSEPH SEYMOUR

Joseph Seymour (1854-1922) was born in Cork, Ireland, son of the organist at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Cork. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, and studied at Malines, Belgium, under Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens and at Ratisnon, Germany, under Franz Xaver Haberl. He succeeded his father as organist at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Cork; he then became organist at St. Andrew’s, Westland Row, Dublin. He was Professor of Music in the Board of Education Training College, Drumcondra, an examiner for the Royal Irish Academy of Music, editor of the Lyra Ecclesiastica, and conductor of the Dublin Glee Singers. His compositions include a four masses, a Te Deum, motets, other church compositions, a children’s operetta, and part-songs.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
Irish melody	O native music		Samuel Lover	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Irish melody	Silent, O Moyle!		Thomas Moore	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing