The British Musical Biography

[E] Sedding, Edmund, architect and amateur
musician, was born in 1835. Pupil of the
eminent architect, Mr. Street. He was some-
time organist at St. Mar}' the Virgin, Crown
Street, Soho, London. Cantor, St. Ralph,
Bristol. Edited and composed a " Collection
of English Carols, French Noels, etc." ;
" Collection of Ancient Christmas Carols,
arranged for 4 voices." London, 1860. Third
Collection of Nine Ancient and Goodly Carols
for Christmas-tide, Novello. " Dives and
Lazarus, a christmas carol " [1867] . Hymns
of ye Holy Eastern Church, set to Musicke
for 4 voices. London, 1864. He was learned
in all that appertained to Ecclesiastical
Plain-Song. His last years were spent at
Penzance, where he died of consumption,
June 11, 1868, aged 33.

[+] His brother, John D. Sedding, architect,
was also an organist and church musician.
He assisted for years at the services at St.
Mary's, both in the choir and at the organ ;
and was sometime organist at Beddington,
Surrey. He died, April 7, 1891, in London.

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