Introduction

Biography

Wood stu­died or­gan un­der T. O. Marks in Ar­magh (1880–81), and at the Roy­al Col­lege of Mu­sic (RCM) (1883–87).

He taught at the RCM be­gin­ning in 1888, then went on to Sel­wyn Col­lege at Cam­bridge. He was an Or­gan Schol­ar at Gon­ville and Cai­us Col­lege (1898–94) (BA & MusB 1890, MA & MusD 1894).

He was award­ed an hon­or­ary LLD de­gree at Leeds in 1904, was a uni­ver­si­ty lec­tur­er on har­mo­ny in 1897, and be­came a Pro­fess­or in 1924.

Works

• The Cow­ley Car­ol Book, 1901–19 (co-ed­it­or with George Wood­ward)
• Songs of Sy­on, 1904–10, with George Wood­ward
• The Cam­bridge Car­ol Book, with George Wood­ward
• An Ita­li­an Car­ol Book (Lon­don: Faith Press, 1920), with George Wood­ward
• Passion Ac­cord­ing to St. Mark, 1921