Introduction

Biography

Atkins was the hus­band of Ka­ther­ine But­ler (mar­ried 1899), who be­came may­or of Wor­ces­ter in 1937.

He gra­du­at­ed from The Queen’s Col­lege, Ox­ford (BM, 1892), and sub­se­quent­ly earned a Doc­tor­ate in Mu­sic at Oxford.

He was as­sist­ant or­gan­ist of He­re­ford Ca­thed­ral (1890–93) and or­gan­ist of St. Lau­rence Church, Lud­low (1893–97). He be­came or­gan­ist and choir­mas­ter at Wor­ces­ter in 1897, and was knight­ed in 1921.

Works

Atkins wrote sev­er­al songs, chants, an­thems, and the can­ta­ta Hymn of Faith, com­posed for the Wor­ces­ter three choirs fes­ti­val in 1905.

He al­so ed­it­ed a num­ber of works, in­clud­ing Bach’s St. Mat­thew’s Pass­ion.