William Horsley
ABOUT WILLIAM HORSLEY
English musician and composer known for his five books of glees, which included By Celia's Arbour, and O, Nightingale. He is perhaps best known, though, for his hymn, There is a green hill far away.
He was the organist at a chapel and an asylum for female orphans and also became the assistant to composer John Wall Callcott.
He was a founder of the Philharmonic Society of London (later the Royal Philharmonic Society).
He was married to Elizabeth Hutchins Callcott, the daughter of his mentor.
He was a contemporary of Felix Mendelssohn .
