Sheet music by Edward Naylor
Edward Naylor was born in Scarborough, England the son of organist and composer John Naylor. After initial
musical education with his father he studied at Cambridge and at
the Royal College of Music in London with Stanford and Frederick
Bridge. He held appointments as organist of St Michael's, Chester
Square, and St Mary's, Kilburn, before returning in 1898 to
Cambridge as organist of his old college, Emmanuel, where in
1904 he was appointed lecturer. His extensive output of church
music is still in use today. A leading authority on Shakespeare and
music, he was an early exponent of greater musical authenticity,
publishing several books on these topics. His chamber music was
never published, but the bassoonist John Parr of Sheffield
performed it in his concert series and made his own copies of it.
These include three short wind quartets as well as the variations
for piano and wind.