The composer John Goss died at the age of 79. Here is all you want to know, and more!
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English composer known for “Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven” and “See, Amid the Winter’s Snow,” both hymns. He was said to be among the last English composers to focus exclusively on ecclesiastical music.
He married Lucy Emma Nerd in 1821, to whom he dedicated “Wert Thou Like Me,” a romantic song with lyrics by Walter Scott.