The British Musical Biography

[E] Pearson, William Webster, composer
and organist, born at Bishop Auckland,
September 27, 1839. Chorister at York
Minster, under Dr. Camidge. For many
years he has been organist of the Parish
Church of Elmham, Norfolk, and teacher of
the violin at the Norfolk County School,
Dereham ; also conductor of Dereham Or-
chestral Society. He has composed church
music, organ and pf. pieces, songs, etc., a
cantata, "Voices of the Flowers," for ladies'
voices, and a great number of part-songs,
among which may be named. Blow, Western
Wind, Stars of the Night, The Lake, 'Tis
Morn, Coral Grove, Woods in Winter, The
Anglers, and Autumn ; also a set with orches-
tral accompaniment : The Iron Horse, Off to
Sea, Lifeboat, Ocean, Ironfounders, etc.
HiimoroiLS : A Ryghte Merrie Geste, Ben
Bowley, Carrion Crow, etc. Songs for the
Little Ones, Nursery Rhymes; many contribu-
tions to Novello's School Songs. Author of
Notation of Vocal Music on the principle of
the subst tution of Pitch ; and the National
Method of Vocal Music for Elementary
Schools, Manchester, 1874.

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