From there he won a scholarship to Magdalen College School in Oxford , where he was a solo treble in the college choir .
Novello was educated privately in Cardiff and then in Gloucester , where he studied harmony and counterpoint with Herbert Brewer , the cathedral organist .
From there Novello won a scholarship to Magdalen College School in Oxford , where Novello was a solo treble in the college choir .
Novello was educated privately in Cardiff and then in Gloucester , where he studied harmony and counterpoint with Herbert Brewer , the cathedral organist .