Edward Woodall Naylor (1867-1934) was an English organist and composer. He gained a choral scholarship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and studied at the Royal College of Music between 1888 and 1892. After spending eight years as organist of London churches St. Michael's Church, Chester Square (1889) and St. Mary's Church, Kilburn (1896), Naylor returned to Cambridge in 1898, where he became both the assistant master at The Leys School and organist of Emmanuel College. His most important compositions were for voices; his composition The Angelus, won the Ricordi prize for an English opera. His church music blends elements of 16th to 20th century music. Naylor was considered an authority on Shakespeare and music, and was an early exponent of greater musical authenticity. His published works include: Shakespeare and Music (1896), An Elizabethan Virginal Book (1905) and The Poets and Music (1928).