Arthur Murray Goodhart

{{Short description|British composer and organist}}

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Arthur Murray Goodhart (christened 25 July 1866 – 1941) was a British composer and organist.

Goodhart was born in Wimbledon, Surrey, England in 1866 to Eleanor and Charles Woide Goodhart. He was educated at Eton College and then King's College, Cambridge,{{acad|id=GDHT885AM |name=Goodhart, Arthur Murray}} where he was a member of the Pitt Club.{{cite book |last1=Benson |first1=Edward Frederic |author-link1=E.F. Benson |title=Our Family Affairs, 1867-1896 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourfamilyaffairs0000bens |date=1920 |publisher=Cassell and Company, Ltd. |location=London, New York, Toronto, and Melbourne |page=[https://archive.org/details/ourfamilyaffairs0000bens/page/231 231] }} He was a pupil of Sir Joseph Barnby and Frederick Bridge, then a housemaster at Eton College (Walpole{{Cite journal|date=1920|title=Memorials to Charles Harford Lloyd|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/910700|journal=The Musical Times|volume=61|issue=933|pages=762–763|jstor=910700 |issn=0027-4666}}). He later lived in Brighton and he contributed to The Triumphs of Oriana (1899).Organists' review: Vol.88 345-348 Incorporated Association of Organists - 2002 "Arthur Goodhart (1866–1941), a pupil of Barnby who was Precentor (director of music) from 1875-1892; as Derrett's programme notes aptly say. he had "a light hand and considerable flair". CH Lloyd was Goodhart's successor"John Henderson A directory of composers for organ 1996 "Goodhart AM 1866-1941 England - Arthur Murray Goodhart, pupil of J. Barnby and Frederick Bridge, was briefly a housemaster at Eton. He later lived in Brighton and he contributed to the Triumphs of Oriana 1899 - thirteen pieces by thirteen ..".

Precentor of Eton College, 1875–1892, then principal of Guildhall School of Music, London. Conductor of the Concerts of the Royal Academy of Music, 1886–1888.

Following the death of C. H. Lloyd in 1919 (his predecessor as Precentor at Eton), Goodhart helped edit his Free Accompaniment of Unison Hymn Singing for publication, for which he also wrote the appendix.