Born in­to a mu­sic­al fam­i­ly, El­vey start­ed his ca­reer as a boy, sing­ing at Can­ter­bury Ca­thed­ral. La­ter, he re­ceived more for­mal train­ing at the Roy­al Acad­e­my of Mu­sic. Around 1835, he was ap­point­ed mas­ter of the boys and or­gan­ist at St. George’s Cha­pel, Wind­sor (one of his tunes, St. George’s Wind­sor, takes its name from this lo­ca­tion). He served at St. George’s for al­most half a cen­tu­ry. He was knight­ed in 1871 for his Fes­tiv­al March, played at the wed­ding of Princ­ess Lou­ise.

• Frost, p. 670
• Laufer, p. 85
• Stulken, pp. 260-61

1. Adoration
2. Come, Ye Lof­ty
3. Diademata
4. Pilgrimage
5. Rock of Ag­es
6. St. Crispin
7. St. George’s Wind­sor
8. Sunninghill
9. Urswicke