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Thomas Attwood Walmisley

1814-56.  Organist and  Professor of Music. 

Walmisley was born in London, the son of Thomas Walmisley (1783-1856), a well-known organist and composer of church music and glees. The composer Thomas Attwood (1765-1838) was his godfather, and the boy was educated in music under their tuition.

Walmisley was organist of Croydon Parish Church in 1830 before becoming Organist at Trinity in 1833, and simultaneously organist at St John's College.  He took the degrees of Mus.Bac. and Mus.Doc. at Cambridge.

In 1836 Walmisley was made Professor of Music. His Cathedral Music was edited after his early death by his father.  He is buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Fairlight, East Sussex.

Walmisley is remembered chiefly for his Evening Canticles (Magnificat and Nunc dimittis) in D minor and the part-song Music all-powerful; he also composed other Anglican liturgical settings, twenty-two anthems, other secular vocal music and instrumental music including organ voluntaries, organ concertos, three string quartets and other chamber music.

His is one of only two memorials in the Chapel with texts in English.