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SIR JOHN GOSS (1800–1880)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 268 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR
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JOHN
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GOSS (1800–1880)  ,
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English composer, was
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born at
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Fareham,
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Hampshire, on the 27th of
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December 1800 . He was elected a chorister of the
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Chapel Royal in 1811, and in 1816, on the breaking of his
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voice, became a
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pupil of
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Attwood . A few
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early compositions, some for the
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theatre, exist, and some glees were published before 1825 . He was appointed organist of St
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Luke's,
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Chelsea, in 1824, and in 1838 became organist of St
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Paul's in
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succession to Attwood; he kept the
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post until 1872, when he resigned and was knighted . His position in the
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London musical
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world of the
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time was an influential one, and he did much by his teaching and
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criticism to encourage the study and appreciation of
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good
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music . In 1876 he was given the degree of
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Mus.D. at
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Cambridge . Though his few orchestral
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works have very small importance, his
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church music includes some
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fine compositions, such as the anthems " 0
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taste and see," " O Saviour of the world " and others . He was the last of the
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great English school of church composers who devoted themselves almost exclusively to church music; and in the
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history of the
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glee his is an honoured name, if only on
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account of his finest
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work in that
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form, the five-
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part glee,
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Ossian's "Hymn to the
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sun." He died at
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Brixton, London, on the loth of May 1880 .

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Dear Madame or Sir... I just found out what my parents stated to me that my father's side is coming from this ancestry. I believe that they don't have any proof documents that I come from this ancestry. I would like to know more information about Sir John Goss. My father's last name is Goss. His father's last name is Goss, too. My Goss grandparents passed away so I couldn't get information from them. Shoot! I hope you could help me out tog et its information for me. Thanks, Galinda...
I am also a descendant of Sir John Goss. He was my father's great-grandfather on his Mother's side - her maiden name was Sarah Goss. I would be interested in hearing from other Goss descendants. H.Lennie
I am also related to Sir John Goss, from my Grand mother, Anne Sampson (fathers side) My fathers name was Peter John Goss Sampson, as also my name is David John Goss Sampson. I now reside in Australia, but have all relevant documents in the UK. D.Sampson
Does any Goss descendant, especially the Australian correspondent, have any knowledge of one Goss-Sampson who was in South Africa in the early part of the 20th centtury, and married Edith Hermina Rathfelder?
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