Introduction

Biography

Sangster at­tended the Ci­ty of Lon­don School, and stu­died with Ed­ward Hopkins, un­der whom he was a cho­ris­ter at the Tem­ple Church, and with W. Rea.

He went on to stu­dy in Berlin (1855) and at Ox­ford (BMus 1870, DMus 1877).

He played the organ at:

• Christ Church, Eal­ing, Lon­don
• The Eng­lish Am­bas­sa­dor’s Church in Ber­lin
• St. Mi­chael, Ches­ter Square, Lon­don (un­til 1861)
• All Saints, St. John’s Wood (1861–64)
• Parish Church of St. James, Wey­bridge, Sur­rey (1865–72)
• St. Mi­chael’s Church, Pad­ding­ton (1872–78)
• St. Sav­iour’s Church, East­bourne, Sus­sex (1880–89)

He com­posed a Qua­dru­ple Chant set­ting of the Te De­um (1891); an­thems, in­clud­ing Lo! Star Led Chiefs (1888) and Bless­ed Is the Man; can­ta­tas such as The Lord is My Light; part songs; an Ov­er­ture, Pre­lude and Fugue for Or­gan; and oth­er works for or­gan and pi­ano.