Introduction

Biography

Henry was the son of Tho­mas Great­or­ex, or­gan­ist at West­min­ster Ab­bey, and hus­band of ar­tist Eli­za Pratt (mar­ried 1849).

He got his ear­ly mu­sic­al train­ing from his fa­ther. He emi­grat­ed to Am­eri­ca in 1839, and played the or­gan at Cen­ter Church and St. John’s Church in Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut; St. Paul’s Church and Cal­va­ry Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal Church, New York Ci­ty; and (from 1853) in Charles­ton, South Ca­ro­li­na.

Works

• A Col­lect­ion of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Chants, An­thems, and Sen­tenc­es, Orig­in­al and Se­lect­ed, from the Best Stand­ard Com­po­sers: Adapt­ed for the Use of the Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal Church in Am­eri­ca, and for Con­gre­ga­tions of Oth­er De­nom­in­ations, as Well as for So­cie­ties and Schools (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1851)