Mann grad­u­at­ed from New Coll­ege, Ox­ford (MusB 1874, MusD 1882). He was a chor­is­ter and as­sist­ant or­gan­ist at Nor­wich Ca­thed­ral, and af­ter short stints play­ing the or­gan at St. Peter’s, Wol­ver­hamp­ton (1870); Tet­ten­hall Par­ish Church (1871); and Bev­er­ley Min­ster (1875); he be­came the or­gan­ist at King’s Coll­ege Cha­pel, Cam­bridge (1876-1929), Un­i­ver­si­ty Or­gan­ist (1897-1929), and mu­sic mas­ter and or­gan­ist at The Leys School, Cam­bridge (1894-1922). In ad­di­tion to com­pos­ing an or­a­tor­io and a num­ber of hymn tunes, he was mu­sic ed­it­or of The Church of Eng­land Hymn­al (1894).

Sources

Music

1. Angel’s Story
2. Benediction
3. Berno
4. New Year, The
5. Silesius
6. Wilton