“ In England he took the chief tenor parts for many years in oratorios and cantatas, and constantly sang in the provinces as well as in London. In 1879 he was appointed the professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music, and held the post till 1896. In 1882 he became chorus-master at the Sacred Harmonic Society, and eventually was made the conductor. The other chief appointment that he held was the post of Principal of the Guildhall School of Music, to which he was appointed in 1896, in succession to Barnby, and where he remained until 1910, when he retired. ”

“ His adaptation of Mendelssohn's Festgesang "Vaterland in Leinen Gauen," for use in the English Church is in the form of the hymn, "Hark, the herald angels sing," is known all over the English-speaking world, though few of those who hear it are probably aware of its authorship. ”