[2] He graduated with a bachelor's degree in music at St John's College, Cambridge in 1748, and gained a doctorate in 1775.
John Worgan died at age 66 at Gower Street on 24 August 1790[3] after "an operation for the stone.
18 January 1803 at St James's church, Chipping Campden, died 2 Apr 1888 at Tinakori Road, Wellington, New Zealand), was a musician of sufficient calibre to warrant a notice in the Musical Times upon his death.
[4] George was an organist and pianoforte teacher, with a roster of students that included musicians' children and English nobility.
[4] After retiring around 1850, he emigrated to New Zealand, where he raised sheep and taught music until his death at age 86.
[5] John subsequently studied under organist Thomas Roseingrave and musical theorist/composer Francesco Geminiani.
[8] John Worgan's compositions include two oratorios: Hannah (King's Theatre, Haymarket, 3 April 1, 1764) and Manasseh (Lock Hospital Chapel, 30 April 1766);[9] 'We will rejoice in Thy salvation,' a thanksgiving anthem for victories (29 Nov 1759); many songs for Vauxhall Gardens, of which thirteen books (at least) were published; psalm tunes, glees, organ music, and sonatas and other pieces for the harpsichord.
Worgan is persistently credited with having composed the Easter hymn 'Christ the Lord Is Risen Today.'
The tune, however, appeared anonymously in Lyra Davidica (1708), sixteen years before Worgan was born.