Benjamin Mansell Ramsey

Alias: B. Mansell Ramsey

Life

Born: 1849

Died: 1923

Biography

Benjamin Mansell Ramsey was born in Richmond, Surrey, England. He became an organist and was a music teacher at Bournemouth Grammar School. He was secretary and orchestra conductor of the Bournemouth Musical Association and helped establish the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra. He also conducted a choral society in Chichester. He died in West Wittering, England. His compositions include church music, children’s music, piano pieces, part-songs, and hymns. His best-known tune is CAMACHA, most commonly set with the text “Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord.”

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List of choral works

Sacred works

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Secular works

• Queen of fresh flowers
• When eyes are beaming

 
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Publications

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