Introduction

Biography

Cooper re­ceived his mu­sic­al edu­ca­tion from Will­iam Hen­ry Holmes of the Roy­al Aca­de­my of Mu­sic, and from Ig­naz Mos­cheles, then re­si­dent in Eng­land.

In 1837, he was ap­point­ed or­gan­ist of St. Mi­chael’s, Queen­hithe, Lon­don. In 1844, he ac­cept­ed the post of or­gan­ist of St. Paul’s Church, Is­ling­ton, where he served un­til 1866. In 1876, he be­came or­gan­ist of Christ’s Hos­pi­tal, Lon­don.

Cooper wrote nu­mer­ous pa­pers on hym­no­dy and church mu­sic which ap­peared in Even­ing Hours, a pe­ri­od­ic­al then ed­it­ed by Ed­ward Bick­er­steth.

He also ed­it­ed the Chant Book Sup­ple­ment to the Hym­nal Com­pan­ion, 1871, and a re­vised and en­larged edi­tion of the 1877 Hym­nal Com­pan­ion.