The son of a bandmaster, he became a leading chorister at the Chapel Royal and went on to write sacred and chamber music including many beautiful songs such as The Lost Chord (a setting he was moved to compose on attending the deathbed of his singer brother Fred). The one part of his output that he is probably most widely known for, we have carefully not mentioned yet. Who was he?

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The son of a bandmaster, he became a leading chorister at the Chapel Royal and went on to write sacred and chamber music including many beautiful songs such as <i>The Lost Chord</i> (a setting he was moved to compose on attending the deathbed of his singer brother Fred). The one part of his output that he is probably most widely known for, we have carefully not mentioned yet. Who was he?