Ivor Atkins
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Sir Ivor Atkins (29 November 1869 – 26 November 1953) was the choirmaster and organist at Worcester Cathedral for over 50 years. He is best known for inserting the famous top-C part for the treble in Allegri's Miserere.
Born into a Welsh musical family at Llandaff, Atkins graduated with a bachelor of music degree from Oxford University in 1892, and subsequently obtained a Doctorate in Music. Knighted in 1921 for services to music, Atkins was President of the Royal College of Organists from 1935 to 1936. He died in Worcester.