John Lee (composer of church music)

John Lee (29 April 1908, Southport – 8 April 1990, Los Angeles) was a British-born Catholic musician who spent most of his career in north America. He is best remembered for his pioneering English-language musical settings of the Catholic Church’s liturgies that came into use following the Second Vatican Council (1962–65). Life John was the third child of John Lee (a house painter by trade) and his wife Mary Anne (nee Hartnett) living at 17 Clifton Road Southport, Lancashire. Nothing has come to light of John Lee’s early life and musical education, except that he studied at Oxford University and was the organist of St Joseph’s Church, Birkdale, UK. John Lee married Mary Lyons (born 29/09/1916) on 20 August 1942 in Crosby. On 23 May 1943 a son Peter John was born. Works For choir Arrangements * 1966. Eight Offertory Motets by G.P. da Palestrina, G. Carissimi, C. Tye et al. * 1967. Two Motets in Honor of the Blessed Virgin by Francesco Soriano and Antonio Lotti. * 1970. Dying you destroyed our death.. * John Lee ‘Ecce panis angelorum’ from Ten Organ Preludes for Liturgical Services. No 9. (1939), performed by Andrew Pink.