Francis Burgess (musician and priest)

Francis Henry Burgess (1879-1948) was a leading British proponent of the use of plainsong in Anglican church music. He was born in Marylebone, London. From sometime before 1916 until at least 1921 Burgess lived at 27 Lechmere Road, Willesden Green, London. Personal life * In 1906 he married Mabel Thistleton at St Columb’s church, Notting Hill, London. Together they had a daughter Mabel Charlotte. * In 1917 for several months he worked at the Royal Navy shore establishment HMS President II. * In 1946 he married Freda Bartlett and together they had a son Arthur. Career Musician * 1900: ** Organist, St. Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, London, * 1902: ** Organist, St Mark’s, Old Marylebone Road. * 1904 ** Organist, St. Columb’s, North Kensington. He was still in post there in 1921. He was taken ill and died just days before his induction. ** Goodwill music : a collection of hymns and tunes, together with a number of alternative tunes to hymns already contained in “Hymns ancient and modern”. ** The office for the dead / set to its ancient music by Francis Burgess. * 1906 ** Night at the Opera: Verdi’s Il trovatore. ** Night at the Opera: Verdi’s Rigoletto. * 1908 ** The organ of fifty y