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In the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, W H Husk and Bruce Carr write of Goss, " His glees enjoyed long popularity for their grateful vocal writing.

As a church composer his reputation came later, through the grace and the careful word-setting of his anthems, composed mostly after 1850.

" They quote a contemporary as saying that Goss's music " is always melodious and beautifully written for the voices, and is remarkable for a union of solidity and grace, with a certain unaffected native charm.

" Judith Blezzard, in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, writes: