The British Musical Biography

[E] Mason, Edward, composer and teacher
of singing, born at Newcastle-under-Lyme,
July 4, 1864. Descended from an old Staf-
fordshire family settled in that town from
the sixteenth century. Received his musical
training at St. John's College, Battersea, under
Edward Mills, 1883-4 ; and at the Tonic Sol-
Pa College, under McNaught, Venables, and
others. Became a Fellow of the College in
1889, and graduated Mus. Bac, Durham,
1892. Is singing instructor to the Arbroath
School Board ; choirmaster, St. Mary's
Episcopal Church, and conductor of several
choral societies. He has composed a Good
Friday Service, " The Man of Sorrows "
(1896) ; Wee Folks' Songs ; and is author of
Old Notation Reader (5 Nos.), and Standard
Music Charts for Schools. He executed the
Tonic Sol-fa translation of Sullivan's " Light
of the World," and has contributed to the
Scottish Musical Review, and other papers.

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