Edgar Pettman
English organist, choral conductor and music editor
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Edgar Pettman (1866–1943)[1] was an English organist, choral conductor and music editor.
Born at Dunkirk, Kent in 1881, Pettman entered the Royal Academy of Music[2] where he studied under Sir George Macfarren.[3] He was organist at a number of London churches, including St Sepulchre's, Holborn, St Mary's, Kilburn and St James's Church, Piccadilly until his retirement in 1924.[4][5]
Composer of a number of anthems and other church music,[6] he is best known for his 1892 book Modern Christmas Carols.[4] Pettman harmonized the now popular carols I Saw a Maiden and Gabriel's Message, both based on Basque carol melodies, publishing the latter in a pamphlet, The University Carol Book in 1922, with an English rendering by Sabine Baring-Gould.[7] He was also an early editor of the works of Thomas Tallis, publishing an edition in 1900.[5]
