title: O God, Who by the leading of a star Thomas Attwood (1765-1838) composed in 1814 description: SATB pageformat: A4 and letter number of pages: 1 resolution: 600dot font for lyrics: helvetica input files: musixpss.tex updated: 20020804 Remarks: midi instrument 53 files: OGod.info (this file) OGod.pmx (musixtex source) OGod.pdf (acrobat) OGod.mid (midi) mypmxdef.tex (input file) -------------------- Thomas Attwood - getauft 23. Nov. 1765 in London - 28. März 1838 engl. Komponist und Organist Studium in Neapel bei Latilla; bis 1787 in Wien bei Mozart 1795 Organist der St. Paul's Cathedral London 1796 Hofkomponist ab 1821 Organist in verschiedenen Hofämtern schrieb in seiner ersten Lebenszeit 19 Opern klassizistischer Haltung, später Orgelwerke und Kammermusik -------- Thomas Attwood (sometimes Atwood) was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later studied with Mozart in Vienna. He returned to England in 1787 and was appointed organist of St. Paul's in 1796, remaining there until his death. He is now best remembered for his small-scale anthems and Turn thee again is one such composition, touching in the simplicity of its expressive phrases.