Introduction

Biography

Arthur was the son of Hen­ry James Mann and Ann Cou­zens Ju­bey, bro­ther of Fre­der­ick Al­ex­an­der Mann, and hus­band of Sa­rah Ann Rains­ford (mar­ried 1874)

He was edu­cat­ed at New Col­lege, Ox­ford (MusB 1874, MusD 1882).

He was a cho­ris­ter and as­sist­ant or­gan­ist at Nor­wich Ca­thed­ral, and played the or­gan for short pe­ri­ods at St. Pe­ter’s, Wol­ver­hamp­ton (1870); Tet­ten­hall Par­ish Church (1871); and Bev­er­ley Min­ster (1875).

He then served as or­gan­ist at King’s Col­lege Cha­pel, Cam­bridge (1876–1929); Uni­ver­si­ty Or­gan­ist (1897–1929); and mu­sic mas­ter and or­gan­ist at the Leys School, Cam­bridge (1894–1922).

Works

In ad­di­tion to com­pos­ing an ora­to­rio and a num­ber of hymn tunes, Mann was mu­sic ed­it­or of the 1894 Church of Eng­land Hym­nal.