Introduction

Biography

Ramsey was the fa­ther of writ­er Lill­i­an Fair­bro­ther Ram­sey (1877–1974).

For ma­ny years he was a well known teach­er near Bourne­mouth.

He re­tired in 1916. In the last year of his life he was in poor health, but he or­gan­ized and con­duct­ed a cho­ral so­ci­e­ty in Chi­ches­ter.

Works

Ramsey was a pro­li­fic com­pos­er of part-songs and pi­a­no­for­te piec­es. He al­so wrote hymns and car­ols, and on mu­sic­al the­o­ry. His oth­er works include:

• Peach Bloss­om, a child­ren’s op­er­et­ta, li­bret­to by his daugh­ter Lil­li­an.