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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