Aitken, George Benjamin Johnston 20.oct.1866-11.may.1942 England, London Marylebone - Buckinghamshire, Lee Common
pianist, organist, choirmaster, 1866-1881 residing with his parents, two housemaids, ladies maid, cook and lodgers (among them music student Annie M Philips and professor of music Charlotte M Butler) at 11 Manchester Street in Marylebone, he studied piano with Walter Macfarren and Tobias Matthay and composition with Charles Steggall and Francis Davenport at the Royal Academy of Music in London, associate Royal Academy of Music (ARAM), associate Royal College of Organists (ARCO), 1885 organist of St Andrews Wells Street London, organist/choirmaster of St Mary's Berkeley Square London, 1895 he won the Robert Cocks prize for piano playing, 1895-1942 organist/choirmaster of Hampstead parish church, 1904 professor of piano at the Guilhall School of Music in London, 1930 received a Doctorate in Music from the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1891-1901 residing with his mother and two servants at 37 North Bank and 254 Acacia Road in Marylebone, 1911-1922 single with servant at 58 Gondar Gardens in Hampstead, 1924-1937 at 34 Dunstan Road in Golders Green London, at time of death residing at 'The Barn' Highwood Bottom in Speen Buckinghamshire, April 1942 he resigned his post at Hampstead parish church because of ill health, he died at The Laurels Nursing Home in Lee Common Buckinghamshire and was buried at St John-at-Hampstead churchyard ; son of carpenter George Aitken (Scotland 1836-c1886 Marylebone) and dressmaker Cecilia Jane Drinkwater (Sussex, Arlington 1837-c1906 Marylebone) who married 1865 in Marylebone ; he never married

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[] Maire my girl. Irish love-song. Tenor and piano words John Keegan Casey "Sung by Mr. John McCormack" pub Chappell & Co., London 1900 Stuart Burrows, John Constable	[] 1 - in C [] 2 - in D [] 3 - in E
[] Hymn de fete. Organ. op9/1 pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1898
[] March in G. Organ. op9/2 pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1899
[] Valse gracieuse. Piano. op10 pub E. Ashdown, London 1898
[] La Carmagnole. Piano. op11 pub Rossini & Co., London - A. M. Heller & Co., London 1899
[] La mascarade. Suite. Pianoduets. op14 pub Leonard & Co., London 1899	[] 1 - Rendezvous [] 2 - Danse [] 3 - Le retour
[] Six silhouettes mignonnes. Piano. op15 pub Leonard & Co., London 1901	[] 1 - Valse mignonne [] 2 - Mazurka [] 3 - Apres l'ecole [] 4 - Colombine [] 5 - Arlequin [] 6 - La foire
[] Hungarian airs no1. Piano. op16/1 pub Leonard & Co., London 1901
[] Serenade. Piano. op17 Schott & Co., London - G. Schirmer - C. Fischer 1902
[] Espieglerie. Gavotte. Piano. op18/1 pub Schott & Co., London 1903
[] Pierrot. Serenade interrompue. Piano. op18/2 pub Schott & Co., London 1903
[] Sweet bleu-bells ( La Pervenche). Song. op19 english words E. Teschemacher, french words Emmanuel Ducros Schott & Co., London - Paul Decourcelle, Nice 1904
[] Les Sylphes. Air de ballet pour piano. op19/2 pub Schott & Co., London 1904
[] Gipsy's lament (Zigeunerklage). Piano. op20 pub B. Schott's Sohne, Mainz 1912
[] Liebeslied. Negrillons. Piano. op21/1 pub Elkin & Co., London 1913
[] Le petit savoyard. Piano. op22/1 pub Leonard & Co., London 1913
[] Columbine d'edaigneuse. Piano. op22/2 pub Leonard & Co., London 1913
[] Memories. Piano. op22 music George Aitken pub Augener, London 1920
[] Exile. Piano. op23 music George Aitken pub Augener, London 1923
[] Enigma and Butterfly. Two pieces for pianoforte. op24 pub Augener, London 1923
[] Barcarola. Piano. op25 pub Augener, London 1923
[] Office for the Holy Communion in C. op26 pub Novello & Co., London 1926
[] Church Row. Piano. op27/1 no1 of Hampstead pieces pub Augener, London 1928
[] Trois chansons. Piano pub E. Ashdown, London 1893	[] 1 - Chanson Bohemienne [] 2 - Chanson Italienne [] 3 - Chanson Espagnole
[] Rose of the summer night. Song words M. Gillington pub E. Ashdown, London 1893
[] Berceuse. Piano pub E. Ashdown, London 1896
[] A red, red rose. Lied words Robert Burns pub Weekes & Co., London 1897
[] Scenes de bal (Pierrot, Pierrette, Pierrot et Pierrette). Piano pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1897
[] For a soldier. Song words R. W. Chambers pub Chappell & Co., London 1900
[] Tell me, o tell me. Song words C. Mackay pub Chappell & Co., London 1900
[] Lead, kindly light. Sacred song with organ or harmonium words by Cardinal Newman pub Chappell & Co., London 1901
[] Long ago. Song words M. Roger-Smith pub Boosey & Co., London and New York 1902
[] One and two. Song pub Boosey & Co., London and New York 1902
[] We two. Song words E. W. Wilcox pub Boosey & Co., London and New York 1902
[] The message of hope. Song with organ or harmonium words E. Teschemacher pub Elkin & Co., London 1903
[] Jest her way. Song in B flat and D words Elizabeth Sylvester pub Chappell & Co., London and New York 1903
[] Music, when soft voices die. Song words Shelley pub Schott & Co., London 1904
[] Forbidden flowers. Song words H. H. Weltoun pub Chappell & Co., London 1905
[] Sunshine. Song words C. Harrison pub Boosey & Co., London and New York 1907
[] Assoupissement. Violin and piano pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1907
[] Recompense. Song with organ or harmonium words J. Armadale pub Elkin & Co., London 1910
[] When I'm grown up. Song words D. Eardley-Wilmot "Sung by Miss Margaret Cooper" pub Chappell & Co., London and Melbourne 1910
[] England. Song words F. E. Weatherly pub Boosey & Co., London and New York 1911
[] Two Whitcomb Riley songs words James Whitcomb Riley pub Chappell & Co., London 1917	[] 1 - In the night [] 2 - The brook song
[] The constant lover. Song words Sir J. Suckling pub Cary & Co., London 1921
[] Mother o' mine. Song words R. Kipling pub G. Ricordi & Co., London 1926
[] Innis Farrel. Song words by L. Wood pub Chappell & Co., London 1929
[] In the manger he lies (W zlobie lezy). Ancient carol collected and translated from the polish by Edith Margaret Gellibrand Reed, set for four voices by G. Aitken pub Stainer & Bell, London 1934
[] Magnificat and nunc dimittis pub Parish Choir Book, Novello, London
[] Christ is risen. Soprano and choir
[] Church Service in E-flat
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