What is Charles Wood?
'''Charles Wood''' (born [[Armagh]], 15 June 1866; died [[Cambridge]], 12 July 1926) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[composer]] and teacher. Charles Wood was born in Armagh, [[Ireland]]. His father sang in the [[Cathedral]] [[choir]]. Charles had music lessons from the cathedral [[Organ (music)|organist]], then he went to the [[Royal College of Music]] where he studied [[Composition (music)|composition]] with [[Charles Villiers Stanford|C.V.Stanford]] and [[Hubert Parry]]. He also learned to play the [[Horn (instrument)|horn]] and [[piano]]. After four years he went to [[Selwyn College, Cambridge]], at first to study, then to teach [[harmony]] and [[counterpoint]]. In 1889 he got a teaching job at [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]]. Soon he became their first Director of Music and Organist. When Stanford died, Wood became Professor of Music at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. Wood is mainly remembered today for his [[Church of England|Anglican church]] music. He wrote music for the [[Mass (music)|Communion Service]] and [[service (music)|service setting]]s of the [[Magnificat]] and [[Nunc dimittis]]. These are often sung today in cathedrals and churches. He wrote many fine [[anthem]]s including ''O thou, the central orb''. In Cambridge he is remembered for the chimes he wrote for the clocks of Gonville and Caius College. His pupils included [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] at [[Cambridge]] and [[Herbert Howells]] at the [[Royal College of Music]]. ==References== The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie ISBN 1-56159-174-2 {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Charles}} [[Category:1866 births]] [[Category:1926 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century composers]] [[Category:Romantic composers]] [[Category:Irish composers]]