What is Paul Edwards (composer)?
'''Paul Christison Edwards''' (born {{Birth date|1955|3|19|df=y}}) is an [[England|English]] [[organist]] and [[composer]] of music for the [[Anglican Church]]. ==Biography== Paul Edwards spent his childhood in the village of Turvey in [[Bedfordshire]]. He liked church music, especially the sound of the big [[pipe organ|organ]] in the church at Turvey. He became a [[chorister]] at [[St Paul’s Cathedral]] for four and a half years and then spent the same amount of time as [[lay clerk]] at [[Peterborough Cathedral]]. He has been organist and choir master at several churches in [[Bedfordshire]], including All Saints, Turvey and St. Paul's Church, Bedford. He works as a teacher, piano [[accompanist]] and choral singer.<ref>God be in my head – Choral works by Paul Edwards REGCD339</ref> Edwards has made a series of recordings of interesting old organs of North Bedfordshire. He has [[Transcription (music)|transcribed]] and edited ten volumes of 18th century ''English Organ Music''. The list of all his compositions has 450 [[opus number]]s. They include about 150 [[hymn]] tunes and a large number of [[anthem]]s. Many of these works have been published in collections including ''Hymns for Today’s Church'', ''Psalms for Today'' and ''Carols for Today''. His carol ''No Small Wonder'', written in 1983 was published in ''Carols for Today'' in 1986 and was recorded on LP by [[Canterbury Cathedral]] Choir. It was sung at the famous [[Nine Lessons and Carols]] service broadcast on the [[BBC Television]] by the [[Choir of King's College, Cambridge]] in 2000.<ref>No Small Wonder, Music for Christmas and Remembrance by Paul Edwards; The Concord Singers, 2001, LAMM 139D</ref> His music has been recorded on several CDs. Edwards finds inspiration for his compositions in the English [[countryside]], especially that of [[Norfolk]] <ref>Charlotte Fone in interview with Paul Edwards in Two Countries: One Heart. A collection of essays about Slovak and British music; BHS, Bedford Charity, 2005</ref> He also enjoys driving