Ouseley

Ouseley, SIR FREDERICK ARTHUR GORE, musician, was born on 12th August 1825, and at nineteen succeeded his father, Sir Gore Ouseley (1770-1844), the celebrated Orientalist and first baronet. He graduated at Christ Church, Oxford, and took orders, his first curacy being at St Paul's, Knightsbridge. In 1855 he followed Henry Bishop as professor of Music at Oxford, and in 1856 became vicar of St Michael's, Tenbury. He had an immense knowledge of music, extending from St Ambrose to Wagner. His mastery of the literature of music is seen in his edition of Neumann's History of Music, and his treatises on harmony published in the 'Clarendon Press' series have taken their place as standard works. He was an accomplished linguist, and collected a magnificent library. His oratorios St Polycarp and Hagar are too solid and severe to be popular, but will always command respect. Haver-gal's Memorials of F. A. G. Ouseley, published after his death in 1889, is a collection of contemporary opinions pronouncing him a perfect gentleman, a skilled musician, and a churchman who devoted the whole of his fortune to building and endowing St Michael's College, Tenbury, for the training of choristers. See Life by Joyce (1896).