Introduction

Biography

Booth stu­died un­der Ed­ward Sims, Cov­en­try; James Tay­lor, Ox­ford; and Hen­ry Brin­ley Ri­chards and George Mac­far­ren at the Roy­al Aca­de­my of Mu­sic (RAM).

He played the or­gan at the Wes­ley­an Cha­pel in Ban­bu­ry, and lat­er, at Park Cha­pel, Crouch End (1877–1918).

He was mu­sic­al ed­it­or for Parts II and III of the 1888 Con­gre­ga­tion­al Hymn­al, and mu­sic­al con­sult­ant to the com­mit­tee that com­piled the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Hym­nal in 1916.

He was elect­ed to the RAM in 1904, and re­tired in 1918, with 41 years ser­vice and an an­nu­ity of £75.

Works

• A Se­lec­tion of One Hun­dred Tunes (Lon­don: Simp­kin, Mar­shall, Ham­il­ton, Kent & Com­pa­ny, 1909)