Introduction

Biography

George was the son of George Gar­rett, Mas­ter of the Cho­rist­ers at Win­ches­ter Ca­thed­ral.

Het start­ed his mu­sic­al ca­reer as a cho­ris­ter at New Col­lege, Ox­ford (1844–48) un­der Ste­phen El­vey. He was a pu­pil (1847–54) and as­sist­ant (1851–54) to Samu­el Wes­ley, and earned sev­er­al de­grees from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cam­bridge: (MusB 1857, MusD 1867, MA 1878).

He served as or­gan­ist at St. Tho­mas (from 1848) and Ho­ly Tri­ni­ty (from 1852), Win­ches­ter; Ma­dras Ca­thed­ral, In­dia (1854–57); and St. John’s Col­lege, Cam­bridge (1856–97).

At Cam­bridge, he suc­ceeded J. L. Hop­kins as or­gan­ist (from 1873 [West] or May 1875 [Grove]), and lec­tured in har­mo­ny and coun­ter­point (from 1883).