# Augusta Amherst Austen

> Augusta Amherst Austen was a British organist and composer, chiefly of hymn tunes. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and learned organ from Mrs G. F. Anderson, who was Queen Victoria's teacher. Austen was a church organist for most of her active career, from 1844 to 1848 at Ealing Church, and from 1848 to 1857 at Paddington Chapel. She composed various hymn tunes, of which one, "St. Agnes", was published in Charles Steggall's Church Psalmody (1849).

*Organist and composer (1827-1877)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1827-08-02
- **Died:** 1877-08-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Augusta Amherst Austen was a British organist and composer, chiefly of hymn tunes. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and learned organ from Mrs G. F. Anderson, who was Queen Victoria's teacher. Austen was a church organist for most of her active career, from 1844 to 1848 at Ealing Church, and from 1848 to 1857 at Paddington Chapel. She composed various hymn tunes, of which one, "St. Agnes", was published in Charles Steggall's Church Psalmody (1849).

## Fame
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