Born: November 29, 1851, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 18, 1922, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Son of an ar­tist, Fos­ter at­tend­ed Brigh­ton and Guild­ford Gram­mar School and en­tered the stock ex­change. He sub­se­quent­ly en­rolled at the Roy­al Acad­e­my of Mu­sic and played the or­gan at St. James Church, Ma­ry­le­bone, and St. George’s, Camp­den Hill. From 1880-1892 he was org­an­ist at the Found­ling Hos­pi­tal and at Her Ma­jesty’s The­a­tre, and was choir­mas­ter of St. James, Hol­born. He com­posed child­ren’s can­ta­tas and much church mu­sic. His works in­clude:

• Meth­od­ist Free Church Hymns, 1889 (co-ed­it­or)
• Anthems and An­them Com­pos­ers (Lon­don: No­vel­lo and Com­pa­ny, 1901)
• History of the Phil­har­mon­ic So­ci­ety (Lon­don: 1913)

Sources

Music

1. Crucis Milites
2. Crucis Victoria
3. Hallel