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Augusta Amherst Austen

Organist and composer (1827-1877) · Musicians · Died at 50

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.

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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).

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Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1827 to 1877 · aged 50