Andrew Carter (born 1939) is an English composer,

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Biography

Born in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, Carter studied music at the

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, before moving to

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and joining the choir at the Minster as a

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. Whilst there, in 1965 he founded the Chapter House Choir, a mixed voice ensemble that achieved national renown under his direction of seventeen years. After spending a year conducting and adjudicating in

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(1984), he returned to England to focus on composition. The

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have published more than fifty of his compositions over a period of association spanning twenty-five years. The famous

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service broadcast annually on the

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by the

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, has included several of his carols, including ''A maiden most gentle'' and ''Mary's Magnificat''. A notable moment in Carter's musical career was a commission in 1997 to write a mass (''Missa Sancti Pauli'') for the tercentenary celebration of

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. In 2007, he composed a 22-variation ''Passacaglia'' for organ to mark the 90th birthday of the former York Minster organist Francis Jackson. He travels extensively in

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and Australia and

as a choral director.

Compositions

Choral works

*''A maiden most gentle'' *''An Affirmation'' *''Mary's Magnificat'' *''Christ is the morning star'' *''

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'' *Te Deum *''Musick's Jubilee'' *''Horizons'' *''Song of Stillness'' *Laudate Dominum *''The Southwell Service'' *''Missa Sancti Pauli'' *''The Light of the World'' *''Hodie Christus natus est'' *''Rejoice in the Lord alway'' (2001) *''O mistress mine'' (2005)

Organ works

*''Organ Concerto'' (2005) *''Toccata on Veni Emmanuel'' *''Passacaglia'' (2007)

Other works

*''Three Nonsensical Songs'' for upper voices and orchestra *
A Little Suite for Heather
' for Treble Recorder and Piano (Forsyth Publishing)

References

Andrew Carter's homepageAndrew Carter at OUP
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