 In 1919 he composed his most famous work, his hymn tune "Woodlands", used for the hymns "Lift up Your Hearts" and "Far round the world" and for the Magnificat paraphrase "Tell out My Soul".During his long career he also composed other hymns and organ music.Greatorex was known at Gresham's as 'Gog' or 'Greatoxe', and among those he taught at the school were Benjamin Britten (a boarder from 1928-1930), Sir Lennox Berkeley and W. H. Auden.