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The following list contains information about organists at Church of England cathedrals in England .
Pipe organ in Gloucester Cathedral . The case dates from 1579, the organ was rebuilt by Henry Willis (1874). It is located in its original position.
The organ of Exeter Cathedral is inscribed "John Loosemore made this organ, 1665".
The pipe organ of Chester Cathedral
The cathedrals of England have a long history of liturgical music , often played on or accompanied by the organ . The role of the cathedral organist is a salaried appointment, the organist often also serving as choirmaster . There is often also an assistant organist and an organ scholar .
Birmingham, St Philip's Cathedral
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Organists at St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham have included composers Charles John Blood Meacham , Richard Yates Mander and Rupert Jeffcoat .
Directors of Music
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1733? William de St. Thunes
1735? John Ohio Eversman
1765 Jeremiah Clark (afterwards organist of Worcester Cathedral )
1803 Bishop Simms
1829 Henry Simms
1871 Charles John Blood Meacham (later organist of St. George's Church, Edgbaston )
1888 Richard Yates Mander (later organist of All Saints' Church, Ryde )
1898 A. G. Thompson
1901 Arthur Elmore (later organist of St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green )
1906 Edwin Stephenson (later organist of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster )
1914 William Frederick Dunnill (formerly organist of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham )
1936 Willis Grant (later professor of music, University of Bristol )
1958 Thomas Tunnard
1968 Roy Massey (later organist of Hereford Cathedral )
1974 David Bruce-Payne
1978 Hubert Best
1986 Marcus Huxley
2018 David Hardie (Head of Music)
Assistant Organists
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1950–1951 Harrison Oxley , (later Organist of St Edmundsbury Cathedral)
1954–1956 John K. Nicholas
Malcolm Hicks
1966–1968 Roland L. Keen, (later Director of Music at Wroxall Abbey School)
1968–1974 John Pryer
Hubert Best (later organist)
1978–1979 Gary Cole
Timothy Storey
1986–1995 Rosemary Field
1995–1997 Rupert Jeffcoat , (later Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral and St John's Cathedral, Brisbane )
1997–2004 Christopher Allsop, (later Assistant Organist at Worcester Cathedral and Organist at Eton College )
2004–2010 Stuart Nicholson , (later Organist and Master of Choristers at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin )
2010–2014 Tim Harper
2014–2018 David Hardie (later Head of Music – Birmingham Cathedral )
2019– Ashley Wagner (Assistant Head of Music)
Blackburn Cathedral
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Notable organists at Blackburn Cathedral have included Charles Hylton Stewart , John Bertalot and Gordon Stewart .
Directors of Music
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1832 R. Nimmo (temporary)
1832–1838 Henry Smart
1838–1840 John Bishop (formerly organist of St. Paul's Church, Cheltenham)
1840–1848 William Robinson
1848–1858 Joseph Rolley (from Church of St George, Bolton )
1858–1863 Charles Greenwood
1863–1870 James H. Robinson
1870–1882 Thomas S. Hayward (previously organist of St Peter's Collegiate Church Wolverhampton, afterwards organist of Wesleyan Chapel, Mornington Road, Southport[1 ] )
1882–1888 Walter Handel Thorley
1888–1900 James H. Rooks
1900[2 ] –1912 Christie Green (afterwards organist of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry )
1912–1914 Richard Henry Coleman
1914–1916 Charles Hylton Stewart (afterwards organist of Rochester Cathedral and St George's Chapel, Windsor )
1916–1939 Herman Brearley
1939–1964 Thomas Lucas Duerden
1964–1983 John Bertalot
1983–1994 David Anthony Cooper
1994–1998 Gordon Stewart
1998–2011 Richard Tanner (from All Saints' Church, Northampton )
2011–2019 Samuel Hudson
2019– John Robinson
Organist in Residence
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2022- John Hosking (formerly Director of Music, Holy Trinity, Southport)
Assistant Directors of Music
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James Thomas
Benjamin Saunders
Robert Costin
David Goodenough
Tim Cooke
2000–2006 Greg Morris
2006–2012 James Davy
2012–2021 Shaun Turnbull
Bradford Cathedral
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Organists at Bradford Cathedral have included the following.
Organist and Master of the Choristers
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c1861–1893 Absalom Rawnsley Swaine
1893–1939 Henry Coates
1939–1963 Charles Hooper
1963–1981 Keith Vernon Rhodes
1982–1986 Geoffrey John Weaver
1986–2002 Alan Graham Horsey
2003–2011 Andrew Teague
Organist & Director of Music
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2012–2016 Alexander Woodrow
2017– 2023 Alexander Berry
2023 - Graham Thorpe (Interim Organist and Director of Music)
Cathedral Organist
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Sub-Organist & Assistant Director of Music
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1957-1960 Charles Edmondson
1984-2004 Martin Derek Baker
1997-2000 Jonathan Kingston
2004-2011 Paul Bowen
2009-2012 David Condry
2012-2016 Jonathan Eyre
2016-2018 Jon Payne
2019- 2023 Graham Thorpe
2023 - Anthony Gray
Associate Organist
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Bristol Cathedral
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Organists at Bristol Cathedral have included the writer and composer Percy Buck and the conductor Malcolm Archer .
Organists
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1588 Elway Bevin
1638 Arthur Phillips
1639 Thomas Deane
1680 Paul Heath
1724 Nathaniel Priest
1734 James Morley
1756 George Coombes
1759 Edward Higgins
1765 George Coombes
1769 Edward Rooke
1773 Samuel Mineard
1778 Richard Langdon
1781 Rice Wasbrough
1825 John Davies Corfe
1876 George Riseley
1899 Percy Carter Buck
1901 Hubert Hunt
1946 Reginald Alwyn Surplice
1949 Clifford Harker
1983 Malcolm Archer
1990 Christopher Brayne
1998 Mark Lee
Assistant Organists
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1862–1876 George Riseley
Albert Edward New
1888–1892 J.H. Fulford
1902 Arthur S. Warrell
1920–1941 Geoffrey Leonard Mendham
1956-1959 Lionel Pike
Stephen Taylor
John Jenkin
1980–1986 Martin Schellenberg (later Director of Music of Christchurch Priory)
1986–1989 Tony Pinel
1989–1991 Claire Hobbs
1991–1994 Ian Ball
1994–2001 David Hobourn
2001– Paul Walton
Canterbury Cathedral
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Carlisle Cathedral
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Chelmsford Cathedral
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Chester Cathedral
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Chichester Cathedral
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Coventry Cathedral
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Derby Cathedral
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Durham Cathedral
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Notable organists at Durham Cathedral have included the composers Thomas Ebdon and Richard Lloyd , organists Philip Armes , John Dykes Bower who went on to St Paul's Cathedral, London, Conrad William Eden and James Lancelot , and choral conductor David Hill .
Organists
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1576 William Browne
1588 Robert Masterman
1594 William Smyth
1599 William Browne
1609 Edward Smyth
1612 Mr Dodson
1614 Richard Hutchinson
1661 John Foster
1677 Alexander Shaw
1681 William Greggs
1710 James Heseltine [15 ]
1763 Thomas Ebdon
1811 Charles E. J. Clarke
1813 William Henshaw
1862 Philip Armes
1907 Rev Arnold D. Culley
1933 John Dykes Bower [16 ]
1936 Conrad William Eden
1974 Richard Lloyd
1985 James Lancelot
2017 Daniel Cook
Sub-Organists
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Thomas Henry Collinson
????–1874 J. C. Whitehead
1895–1903 Revd John Lionel Shirley Dampier Bennett
1901 F. E. Leatham, 1 (temporary during absence of J. L. Bennett)
1903–1918 William Ellis, (later organist of Newcastle Cathedral )
1918–1919 Basil S. Maine
1919–1968 Cyril Beaumont Maude
1968–1972 Bruce Richard Cash
1973–1980 Alan Thurlow (later Organist Chichester Cathedral)
1980–1982 David Hill (later successively Organist and Director of Music at Westminster Cathedral , Winchester Cathedral , St John's College, Cambridge and Director of the Bach Choir )
1982–1991 Ian Shaw
1991 Ralph Woodward (Acting)
1991–2011 Keith Wright
2011–2019 Francesca Massey
2019–present Joseph Beech
Assistant Organists
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2011–2015 David Ratnanayagam
Ely Cathedral
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Exeter Cathedral
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Gloucester Cathedral
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Guildford Cathedral
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Hereford Cathedral
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List inside Hereford Cathedral
Notable organists of Hereford Cathedral include the 16th-century composers John Bull and John Farrant , briefly, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (his first cathedral appointment), the conductor and advocate of British composers Meredith Davies and the editor of Allegri's Miserere , Ivor Atkins .
Organists
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1527 Richard Palmer
1536 John Slade
1538 John Hodges
1581 Thomas Mason (Master of the Choristers)
1582 John Bull
1586 Thomas Warrock(e ) (see Fitzwilliam Virginal Book )
1586 Thomas Mason (acting organist)
1591 John Fido (1st tenure)
1592 John Farrant
1593 John Fido (2nd tenure)
1595 John Gibbs
1596 John Fido (3rd tenure)
1597 William Inglott (until 1609 or later) (see Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
1630 Hugh Davis (possibly earlier)
1660 John Badham
1688 Henry Hall
1707 Henry Hall, junior
1714 Edward Thompson
1720 Henry Swarbrick
1754 Richard Clack
1779 William Perry
1789 Miles Coyle (formerly organist of St Laurence's Church, Ludlow )
1805 Charles James Dare
1818 Aaron Upjohn Hayter
1820 John Clarke Whitfeld
1832 Samuel Sebastian Wesley
1835 John Hunt
1843 George Townshend Smith
1877 Langdon Colborne
1889 George Robertson Sinclair
1918 Percy Clarke Hull
1950 (Albert) Meredith Davies
1956 (Alfred) Melville Cook
1966 Richard Lloyd
1974 Roy Massey
2001 Geraint Bowen
Assistant Organists
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1883–1884 F. J. Livesey[33 ]
1884–1889 Allan Paterson
1890–1893 Ivor Atkins (later organist of Worcester Cathedral )
1892–1895 Edgar C. Broadhurst (later organist of St. Michael's College, Tenbury )
1898-c. 1912 Percy Hull [34 ] (served in the First World War until 1918 when he became organist of Hereford Cathedral)
c. 1912 W. R. Carr[35 ] (probably replaced Percy Hull during the war)
1919–1923 Ernest Willoughby
1924–1935 Reginald Harry West (later organist of St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh )
1935–1940 Colin Archibald Campbell Ross[36 ] (later organist at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne and Newcastle Cathedral )
1940–1942 Christopher John Morris
1942–1949 Colin Mann
1950–1953 Ross Fink
1953–1958 Michael Illman
1958–1962 Michael Burton (later organist of the Church of St John the Baptist, Frome )
1962–1967 Roger Fisher (later organist of Chester Cathedral )
1968–1984 Robert Green
1985–1988 David Briggs (later organist of Truro Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral )
1989–1994 Geraint Bowen (later organist of St Davids Cathedral and Hereford Cathedral )
1995–1998 Huw Williams (later sub-organist at St Paul's Cathedral )
1998–present Peter Dyke
Leicester Cathedral
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List of organists of Leicester Cathedral
Notable organists at Leicester Cathedral have included Gordon Slater and Jonathan Gregory .
Organists and Directors of Music
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William Boulton (to 1765)[38 ]
Anthony Greatorex 1765 – c. 1772 (father of Thomas Greatorex , who became organist at Westminster Abbey )[38 ]
Martha Greatorex 1772–1800 (daughter of Anthony Greatorex)[38 ]
Sarah Valentine 1800–1843 (sister of Ann Valentine , who was organist at St Margaret's Church, Leicester )[39 ]
Mrs Mary Lee Scott (née Hewitt) 1843-1870
John Morland 1870–1875
Charles Hancock 1875–1927
Gordon Archbold Slater 1927–1931 (subsequently organist at Lincoln Cathedral 1931–1966)
George Charles Gray 1931–1969 (previously organist at St Michael le Belfrey , York and St. Mary le Tower, Ipswich
Peter Gilbert White 1969–1994 (previously Assistant Organist of Chester Cathedral 1960–1962)
Paul Morley-April -July 1994 (Acting Master of the Choristers) Who became Director of Music (St James the Greater, Leicester) 2002-2006,now Director of Leicester Church Music Consort (LCMC) 2005 to present, formerly Organist of Leicester Church Music Consort (LCMC) 1984- 2005
Jonathan Gregory 1994–2010 (previously organist of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast , now Director of Music of the UK Japan Choir)
Christopher Ouvry-Johns 2011–present (formerly Choral Director in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds )
Assistant Organists and Assistant Directors of Music
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Frederick William Dickerson
Dennis Arnold Smith 1918
Stanley Vann 1932 (subsequently Master of the Music at Peterborough Cathedral 1953–1977)
Thomas Bates Wilkinson 1933[40 ]
Wallace Michael Ross 1951 (subsequently assistant organist at Gloucester Cathedral 1954–1958, and organist of Derby Cathedral 1958–1982)
Sidney Thomas Rudge 1955
Robert Prime 1965
Geoffrey Malcolm Herbert Carter 1973 (subsequently organist of St Mary's Church, Humberstone )
David Cowen 1995 (now Associate Organist of Leicester Cathedral)
Simon Headley 1999–2018 (also Acting Director of Music in the Autumn of 2010 between the departure of Jonathan Gregory and the appointment of current Director of Music, Christopher Ouvry-Johns)
Rosie Vinter 2019–present
Lichfield Cathedral
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Lincoln Cathedral
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Notable organists of Lincoln Cathedral have included the Renaissance composers William Byrd and John Reading and the biographer of Mendelssohn , William Thomas Freemantle .
Organists
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1489 John Davy
1490 John Warcup
1506 Leonard Pepir
1508 Thomas Ashwell
1518 John Watkins
1524 John Gilbert
1528 Robert Dove
1538 Thomas Appilby
1539 James Crowe
1541 Thomas Appilby
1552 William Monk[44 ]
1559 Thomas Appilby
1563 William Byrd
1572 Thomas Butler
1593 William Boys
1594 John Hilton
1599 Thomas Kingston
1616 John Wanlesse
1660 Thomas Mudd
1663 Andrew Hecht
1670 John Reading
1693 Thomas Hecht
1693 Thomas Allinson
1704 George Holmes
1721 Charles Murgatroy
1741 William Middlebrook
1756 Lloyd Raynor
1784 John Hasted
1794 George Skelton
1850 John Matthew Wilson Young
1895 George Bennett
1930 Gordon Archbold Slater
1966 Philip Marshall
1986 David Flood
1988 Colin Walsh
From 2003 the post was divided: Colin Walsh became Organist Laureate and Aric Prentice was appointed Director of Music.
Director of Music
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Assistant Organists
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Articled pupils fulfilled the role of assistant organist until 1893 when the Chapter formalised the position of assistant organist.
1857–1858 William James Young (brother of the organist) (later organist of St. Mary's Church, Horncastle , then St. Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow, Cheshire)
????–1864 W.H. Wish[45 ] (later organist of St Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne )
Richard Winter
1870 William Thomas Freemantle [46 ] (later organist of St. Andrew's Church, Sharrow[47 ] )
????–1881 Edwin Charles Owston[48 ] (later organist of St. Andrew's Church, Derby)
????–1882 Ernest Wood
William Rose Pullein
1893–1894 Frank Pullein [49 ] (later organist of St Giles' Church, Wrexham [50 ] )
1895–1899 Edgar Cyril Robinson (later organist of Gainsborough Parish Church and then Wigan Parish Church )
1899–1904 Harry Smith Trevitt
????–1903 John Pullein (later organist of St. Peter's Church, Harrogate )
19 July 1921 Frederick David Linley Penny [clarification needed ]
1922–1926 William Wells Hewitt (later organist of Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon )
1926–1930 Edward Francis Reginald Woolley (later organist of Church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent )
1931–1936 Willis Grant (later organist of St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham )
1936–???? Clifford Hewis[51 ]
1975–1992 Roger Bryan (later organist of Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark–on-Trent )
1992–1993 Andrew Post (later Director of Music, Christchurch Priory )
1993–1994 James Antony Vivian (acting)
1994–1999 Jeffrey Makinson (later assistant organist of Manchester Cathedral )
1999–2003 Simon Morley
Julian Thomas
Stephen Bullamore (later organist of Waltham Abbey )
Jamie John Hutchings (later Director of Music at Headington School, Oxford )
2005–2007 Richard Apperley (later Assistant Director of Music at Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington in New Zealand)
2008–2011 Benjamin Chewter (later Assistant Director of Music at Chester Cathedral )
2011–2014 Claire Innes-Hopkins (later Assistant Organist of Rochester Cathedral )
2014–2019 Hilary Punnett
2019- Alana Brook
Assistant Directors of Music
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2014–2015 Sachin Gunga (acting)
2015– Jeffrey Makinson
Liverpool Cathedral
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London, St Paul's Cathedral
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The many distinguished musicians who have been organists, choir masters and choristers at St Paul's Cathedral include the composers John Redford , Thomas Morley , John Blow , Jeremiah Clarke and John Stainer , while well known performers have included Alfred Deller , John Shirley-Quirk , Anthony Way and the conductors Charles Groves and Paul Hillier and the poet Walter de la Mare .
Organists and Directors of Music
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1547 Philip ap Rhys (until c.1559)
1573 Henry Mudd
1587? – 1592? Thomas Morley
1598 Thomas Harrold
1619 John Tomkins
1638–1642 Albertus Bryne
1660–1668 Albertus Bryne
1687 Isaac Blackwell
1699 Jeremiah Clarke (also Almoner 1704-7)
1707 Richard Brind
1718 Maurice Greene
1756 John Jones
1796 Thomas Attwood
1838 Sir John Goss
1872 Sir John Stainer
1888 Sir George Clement Martin MVO
1916 Charles Macpherson
1927 Sir Stanley Marchant CVO
1936 Sir John Dykes Bower CVO
1968 Christopher Dearnley LVO
1990 John Scott LVO (Organist & Director of Music)
2004 Malcolm Archer
2007 Andrew Carwood MBE (Director of Music)
Sub-Organists and Assistant Organists
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????-1838 George Cooper (father)
1838–1876 George Cooper (son) (also Organist HM Chapel Royal )
1876–1888 George Clement Martin MVO (subsequently Organist)
1888–1895 William Hodge
1895–1916 Charles Macpherson (subsequently Organist)
1916–1927 Stanley Marchant CVO (subsequently Organist)
1927–1946 Douglas Edward Hopkins (subsequently Organist Peterborough Cathedral ; later Organist Canterbury Cathedral )
1946–1974 Harry Gabb CVO (also Organist, Choirmaster & Composer HM Chapel Royal )
1974–1984 Barry Rose OBE (Master of the Choir 1977–84; later Master of Music St Albans Cathedral )
1985–1990 John Scott LVO (subsequently Organist and Director of Music; later Director of Music St Thomas, Fifth Avenue )
1990–1998 Andrew Lucas (now Master of Music, St Albans Cathedral )
1998–2008 Huw Williams (subsequently Organist, HM Chapel Royal ; now Organist Bath Abbey )
In 2007 the posts of Organist and Director of Music were separated, the Sub-Organist post being re-titled Organist & Assistant Director of Music in September 2008.
Organist and Assistant Director of Music
2008-2021 Simon Johnson[55 ]
Assistant Sub-Organists and Sub-Organists
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1956–1958 Derek Holman CM
1958–1966 Richard Popplewell LVO (later Organist, Choirmaster & Composer HM Chapel Royal )
1966–1967 Timothy Farrell (later Organist, Choirmaster & Composer HM Chapel Royal )
1967–1978 Christopher Herrick (later Sub-Organist Westminster Abbey )
1978–1985 John Scott LVO (simultaneously Assistant Organist Southwark Cathedral ; later Sub-Organist of St Paul's)
1985–1990 Andrew Lucas (subsequently Sub-Organist, later Organist of St Albans Cathedral )
1990–1991 Martin Baker (later Sub-Organist & Acting Organist Westminster Abbey ; lately Master of Music Westminster Cathedral )
1992–2000 Richard Moorhouse (subsequently Organist & Master of the Choristers Llandaff Cathedral )
2000–2006 Mark Williams (subsequently Director of Music Jesus College, Cambridge , now Informator Choristarum, Magdalen College, Oxford )
2006–2008 Tom Winpenny (now Assistant Master of Music St Albans Cathedral )
In 2007 the posts of Organist and Director of Music were separated, the Assistant Sub-Organist post being re-titled Sub-Organist in April 2008 to reflect the increased demands and prominence of the role.
Sub-Organists
Almoners and Masters of the Choristers
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1315–1329 William of Tolleshunt
fl. 1345 John de Hadley
fl. 1358 John de Ware
????–1534 Thomas Hickman
1530–1540 John Redford (also Organist)
before 1552 Thomas Mulliner
1559–1576 Sebastian Westcote (Vicar Choral)
1584–1589 Thomas Giles
1596 Edward Kerkham
1599–1612 Edward Pearce or Piers
1613–1624 John Gibbs
1626–1742 Martin Peerson
1661–1775 Randall Jewett
1686–1687 Michael Wise
1687–1693 John Blow
1693–1707 Jeremiah Clarke (also Organist)
1707–1748 Charles King (Vicar Choral)
1748–1773 William Savage (Vicar Choral)
1773–1793 Robert Hudson (Vicar Choral)
1793–1800 Richard Bellamy (Vicar Choral)
1800–1812 John Sale (Vicar Choral)
1812–1846 William Hawes (Vicar Choral)
1846–1853 William Hale
1853–1872 J. H. Coward (Minor Canon)
The title of Almoner was abolished in 1872,[56 ] while the post of Master of the Choristers was held by a succession of Vicars Choral:
The training of the choristers was then entrusted to the Organist and his deputies until –
In 1990 the post was re-united with that of Organist under John Scott
Some notable Choristers and Vicars Choral
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17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
Simon Russell Beale (chorister), actor
Maurice Bevan (Vicar Choral), composer
Alastair Cook (chorister), cricketer.
Alfred Deller (Vicar Choral), counter-tenor.
Jimmy Edwards (chorister), actor.
Gerald English (Vicar Choral), tenor.
Charles Groves (chorister), conductor.
Paul Hillier (Vicar Choral), conductor.
Robin Holloway (chorister), composer.
Neil Howlett (chorister), opera singer and teacher.
James Lancelot (chorister), sometime Organist and Lay Canon of Durham Cathedral .
Walter de la Mare (chorister), poet and novelist.
Stephen Oliver (chorister), composer.
Julian Ovenden (chorister), actor and singer.
John Shirley-Quirk (Vicar Choral), bass-baritone.
Robert Tear (Vicar Choral), tenor and conductor.
Anthony Way (chorister), treble.
Manchester Cathedral
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Newcastle Cathedral
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Notable organists at Newcastle Cathedral have included Charles Avison and Colin Ross .
Organists
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1736 Charles Avison
1770 Edward Avison
1776 Matthias Hawdon
1789 Charles Avison Jnr
1795 Thomas Thompson
1834 Dr Thomas Ions
1857 William Ions
1894 George Huntley
1895 John Jeffries
1918 William Ellis
1936 Kenneth Malcolmson
1955 Colin Ross
1967 Dr. Russell Missin
1987 Timothy Hone
2002 Scott Farrell
2008 George Richford (Acting)
2009 Michael Stoddart
2016 Ian Roberts
Assistant organists
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Director of the Girls Choir and Sub-Organist
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2008-2009 George Richford, Founder Director of the Girls Choir
2009-2010 Austin Gunn (acting), now professor in vocal studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance[62 ]
2010–2012 David Stevens (later Organist and Master of the Choristers at Belfast Cathedral, and Sub-Assistant Organist at Wells Cathedral)[63 ]
Assistant Director of Music
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2012–2015 James Norrey (became Assistant Sub-Organist at Rochester Cathedral)
2015 Kris Thomsett
Organ Scholar
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Norwich Cathedral
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Notable organists of Norwich Cathedral have included Zechariah Buck and Brian Runnett , and composers Thomas Morley , Heathcote Dicken Statham , Alfred R. Gaul and Arthur Henry Mann .
Organists and Masters of the Music
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1424 Thomas Wath
1445 John Skarlette
1542 Thomas Grewe
1560 Edmund Inglott
1583 Thomas Morley
1593 William Baker
1594 William Cobbold
1608 William Inglott
1621 Richard Gibbs
1661 Richard Ayleward
1664 Thomas Gibbs
1666 Richard Ayleward
1670 Thomas Pleasants
1689 James Cooper
1721 Humphrey Cotton
1749 Thomas Garland
1808 John Christmas Beckwith
1809 John Charles Beckwith
1819 Zechariah Buck
1877 Francis Edward Gladstone
1881 Frederick Cook Atkinson
1885 Frank Bates
1928 Heathcote Dicken Statham
1967 Brian Runnett (died while in office)
1971 Michael Nicholas
1994 David Anthony Cooper
1995 Neil Taylor (Acting)
1996 David Dunnett
2007 David Lowe (Master of Music), David Dunnett continues as organist
2011 David Dunnett (Acting Organist and Master of the Music)
2012 Ashley Grote (Master of Music), David Dunnett continues as organist
Assistant Organists
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Thomas Wolsey White
????-1845 George Augustus Löhr
1850s Alfred R. Gaul
1850s Frederick Cook Atkinson
1855–1877 Edward Bunnett
Arthur Henry Mann (later organist and director of music, King's College, Cambridge )
Philip Chignell
A. Miller Potts
1895 C. H. Duffield
Claude Alan Forster
Herbert J. Dawson[64 ]
1903–1905 Alfred Heath[65 ]
1906 Richard John Maddern-Williams
1907–1908 Nelson Victor Edwards[66 ]
1910–1914 Wilfrid Greenhouse Allt[67 ] (later organist of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh )
1978–1983 Malcolm Archer (later successively organist of Bristol Cathedral , Wells Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral, London and organist and director of music at Winchester College )
1983–1990 Adrian Lucas (later organist of Worcester Cathedral )
1990–1997 Neil Taylor (later organist of Sheffield Cathedral )
Katherine Dienes-Williams (later organist of Guildford Cathedral )
Julian Thomas
Ben Giddens
Tom Primrose
Oxford, Christ Church
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Peel Cathedral (Isle of Man)
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Organists at Peel Cathedral have included the following.
Organists and Choirmasters
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1986 Bernard Clark
1991 Mark Roper
1992 Stephen Dutton
1993 Edward Coleman
1995 Harvey Easton
2001 Mike Porter
Between 1991 and 1994 the job was combined with the Head of Music position at King Williams College.
Organists and Directors of Music
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2012 Peter Litman[68 ]
Associate Organist
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2018–present Stuart Corrie
Peterborough Cathedral
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Notable organists of Peterborough Cathedral have included Stanley Vann , Sir Malcolm Sargent and Sir Thomas Armstrong .
Masters of the Music
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1569 John Tyesdale
1574 Richard Tiller
1584 John Mudd
1631 Thomas Mudd
1632 David Standish
1643 Vacant
1661 David Standish
1677 William Standish
1691 Roger Standish
1714 James Hawkins
1750 George Wright
1773 Garter Sharp
1777 James Rogers
1784 Richard Langdon
1785 John Calah
1799 Samuel Spofforth
1808 Thomas Knight
1812 Edmund Larkin
1836 John Speechley
1870 Dr Haydn Keeton
1921 Dr Richard Henry Coleman
1944 Charles Cooper Francis
1946 Douglas Edward Hopkins (later Organist of Canterbury Cathedral )
1953 Dr Stanley Vann
1977 Christopher Gower
2004 Andrew Reid (Director of Music)
2013 Robert Quinney (later Organist and Director of Music New College, Oxford )
2014 Steven Grahl (later Organist Christ Church, Oxford 2018-2023 and Director of Music Trinity College, Cambridge 2024-
2018– Tansy Castledine
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Assistant Masters of the Music
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1895 George Pattman
1900–1902 H. M. Goodacre[69 ]
1902–1903 Arthur Griffin Claypole [70 ]
1905–1910 Charles Cooper Francis (later appointed Master of the Music)
1911–1914 Malcolm Sargent (Articled Pupil/Assistant to Haydn Keeton, later knighted)
1915–1917 Thomas Armstrong (Articled Pupil/Assistant, subsequently Organist of Exeter Cathedral , later knighted, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music )
1918–1925 Eric John Fairclough [71 ]
1930–1931 J. Durham Holl
1932–? R. Shield
ca. 1938 Derek John Clare
ca. 1938 Desmond Swinburn
1950–1953 John Malcolm Tyler[6 ] (later Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral )
1954–1955 Philip Joseph Lank (later Organist of St Wulfram's Church, Grantham )
1956–1959 Malcolm Ernest Cousins[72 ] (later Organist of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Mansfield )
1960 Eric Howard Fletcher (later Professor of Music in USA)
Richard Latham (later Assistant Organist at Gloucester Cathedral )
1964–1971 Barry Ferguson (later Organist of Rochester Cathedral )
1971–1980 Andrew Robert Newberry
1980–1986 Simon Lawford (later Director of Music at St George's Cathedral, Perth )
1986–1992? Gary Sieling (later Director of Music at St Peter's Church, Nottingham and Bromley Parish Church)
1993–1995 Simon Bowler
1994–2007 Mark Duthie (later Organist of Brecon Cathedral , subsequently Director of Music at Carlisle Cathedral )
1998–2002 Thomas Moore (Assistant Organist, later Director of Music at Wakefield Cathedral )
2002–2007 Oliver Waterer (Assistant Organist, later Organist of St Davids Cathedral )
2007–2011 Francesca Massey (Assistant Director of Music, later Sub Organist of Durham Cathedral )
2011–2020 David Humphreys
2020– Christopher Strange
Plymouth Cathedral
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Organists at Plymouth Cathedral have included the following.
Organists & Directors of Music
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1990 Neville Allen
1996 Robert Osmond (formerly Director of Music at Sacred Heart and S Thérèse, Paignton)
1998 Kevin Holmes (formerly Director of Music at the Birmingham Oratory)
2001 Christopher Fletcher (formerly Director of Music at Totnes Parish Church)
2020 Robert Osmond (formerly Director of Music at this Cathedral – returning for a second term)
Assistant Organists
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1996–1998 Brian Apperson (formerly Director of Music at St Augustine's, Kilburn, London NW6)
Organists
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1995–1997 Timothy J Lewis (formerly an Anglican Priest and now a Catholic Priest & Canon Precentor of this Cathedral)
1950s Webster Mansfield (formerly Organist at Holy Cross Plymouth)
Portsmouth Cathedral
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Ripon Cathedral
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Notable organists of Ripon Cathedral have included composers Charles Harry Moody and Ronald Edward Perrin .
Organists
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1447 Thomas Litster (priest)
1478 Lawrence Lancaster
1511 John Watson
1513 William Swaine
1520 Adam Bakehouse
1540 William Solber
1548 Interregnum
1613 John Wanlass
ca. 1643 Interregnum
1662 Henry Wanlass
1670 Wilson
1674 Alexander Shaw
1677 William Sorrell
1682 John Hawkins
1690 Thomas Preston (sen)
1731 Thomas Preston (jun)
1748 William Ayrton [73 ]
1799 William F. M. Ayrton [73 ] (elder son)
1802 Nicholas T. D. Ayrton [73 ] (younger son)
1823 John Henry Bond
1829 George Bates
1874 Edwin John Crow
1902 Dr Charles Harry Moody , CBE (formerly organist of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry )
1954 Lionel Frederick Dakers
1957 Dr Philip Marshall
1966 Ronald Edward Perrin
1994 Kerry Beaumont
2002 Andrew Bryden (Acting)
2003 Simon Morley
2003 Andrew Bryden
2020 Peter Wright (Acting)
2022 Dr Ronny Krippner [74 ]
Assistant Organists/Assistant Directors of Music
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1876–1881 Henry Taylor [76 ]
???? J. William-Render[77 ]
William Rains
William Edward Cave
Edgar Alfred Lane
????-1887 Herbert Arthur Wheeldon[78 ]
1887–1890 Charles Morton Bailey
Edgar Watson
ca. 1908 C. Richards[79 ]
David Lamb
1925–1927 Leonard Bagguley[80 ] [81 ] (formerly assistant organist of St Mary's Church, Nottingham , afterwards organist of Paignton Parish Church)
The post of assistant organist was informal until 1928 when it was made official.
1928–1935 Dennis Cocks
1935–1939 Alfred H. Allsop
World War Two (1939–1947)
1947–1952 Alex Forrest
1952–1955 Paul Mace
1955–1956 Keith Bond
1956–1958 Peter Anthony Stanley Stevenson[82 ]
1958–1963 Laurence Gibbon
1963–1974 Alan Dance
1974–1986 Marcus Huxley (later organist of St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham )
1986–1998 Robert Marsh
1998–2003 Andrew Bryden (then organist)
2003-2004 Stephen Power (Acting)
2004–2008 Thomas Leech
2009–2013 Edmund Aldhouse
2013–2014 Ben Horden (acting)
2014- Tim Harper (Assistant Director of Music)
2023- Alastair Stone (Assistant Organist)
Rochester Cathedral
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St Albans Cathedral
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St Edmundsbury Cathedral
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Plaques in memory of Harrison Oxley, Wilfred Mothersole and Percy Hallam in St Edmundsbury Cathedral, at the foot of the steps to the organ loft
This list of organists of St Edmundsbury Cathedral also includes organists of the parish church of St James before it was elevated to Cathedral status in 1914 with the creation of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich .
Organists and Directors of Music
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1785 Thomas Harrington
1815 John Harrington
1841 Philip Harrington
1863 Frederick Fearnside
1877 Mr Sydenham
1883 Edward Iles
1892 Revd J Lord
1896 Harold Shann
1937 Percy Hallam
1958 Harrison Oxley
1985 Paul Trepte
1990 Mark Blatchly
1993 Mervyn Cousins
1997 James Thomas
2020-2021 Vacant
2021 Timothy Parsons
2024 Claudia Grinnell
Assistant Organists and Assistant Directors of Music
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1917 Wilfred Mothersole
1971 Mary Slatter
1973 John Scott Whiteley
1975 Geoffrey Hannant
1986 Mervyn Cousins
1993 Scott Farrell
1999 Michael Bawtree
2004 Jonathan Vaughn
2007 David Humphreys
2011 Daniel Soper
2016 Alexander Binns
2019 Richard Cook
Salisbury Cathedral
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Among the notable organists of Salisbury Cathedral have been a number of composers and well-known performers including Bertram Luard-Selby , Charles Frederick South , Sir Walter Galpin Alcock , Sir David Valentine Willcocks , Douglas Guest , Christopher Hugh Dearnley , Richard Godfrey Seal and the BBC presenter Simon Lole .
Organists
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1563 Robert Chamberlayne
1568 Thomas Smythe
1587 John Farrant (Senior)[89 ]
1592 Richard Fuller[90 ]
1598 John Farrant (Junior)[91 ]
1602–1610 John Holmes (previously organist of Winchester Cathedral)[92 ]
1618 Edward Tucker
1629 Giles Tompkins
1668–1687 Michael Wise
1689 Peter Isaacke
1692–1698 Daniel Roseingrave
1700 Anthony Walkley
1718 Edward Thompson
1746 John Stevens
1781 Robert Parry
1792 Joseph Corfe
1804 Arthur Thomas Corfe
1863 John Elliott Richardson
1881 Bertram Luard-Selby
1883 Charles Frederick South
1916 Sir Walter Galpin Alcock , MVO
1947 David Valentine Willcocks , CBE, MC (later knighted)
1950 Douglas Albert Guest
1957 Christopher Hugh Dearnley
1968 Richard Godfrey Seal
1997 Simon Lole
2005 David Halls (Director of Music)
Assistant Organists
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1845?–1863 John Elliott Richardson (then organist)
Thomas Bentinck Richardson (later organist of St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds
1881–1884 Albert Edward Wilshire
1886–1889 George Street Chignell[93 ]
1917 Herbert Howells
1917–1927 Cuthbert Edward Osmond (later organist of St Albans Cathedral )
1933–1947 Reginald Moore (later organist of Exeter Cathedral )
1947–1950 John Charles Stirling Forster
1947–1954 Ronald Tickner[94 ]
1954–1957 Christopher Hugh Dearnley (later organist here, subsequently organist of St Paul's Cathedral, London )
1957–1966 Richard Hey Lloyd
1967–1974 Michael John Smith (then organist of Llandaff Cathedral )
1974–1978 Jonathan Rees-Williams (later organist of Lichfield Cathedral and St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle )
1978–1985 Colin Walsh (later organist of St Albans Cathedral and Lincoln Cathedral )
1985–2005 David Halls (later organist, now Director of Music)
2005–2011 Daniel Cook (Assistant Director of Music, later Sub-Organist of Westminster Abbey , now Organist of Durham Cathedral )
2011–2012 Vacant
2012–present John Challenger (Assistant Director of Music)
Sheffield Cathedral
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Notable organists at Sheffield Cathedral have included Edwin Lemare and Reginald Tustin Baker .
Organists and Directors of Music
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1810 Jonathan Blewitt
1811 Robert Bennett
1819 John Camidge
1819 Mr Gledhill
1820 Joseph Bottomley
1860 George Henry Smith
1875 Thomas Tallis Trimnell
1886 Edwin Lemare
1892 Thomas William Hanforth
1937 Reginald Tustin Baker
1967 Graham Hedley Matthews
1991 Paul Brough
1994 Simon Lole
1997 Neil Taylor
2016 Joshua Hales (acting)
2017 Tom Corns
2019 Joshua Stephens (acting, appointed Master of Music from March 2020, resigned June 2020)
2020 Ian Seddon (acting)
2023 Chris Why (acting)
2023 Tom Daggett
Assistant Directors of Music
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2018 James Kealey (Interim)
2018 Joshua Stephens
2020 Ian Seddon
Assistant Master of the Music
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1995–1999 Chris Betts
1999 Mark Pybus
1999–2005 Peter Heginbotham
2005–2012 Anthony Gowing
Sub Organists
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1975-1979 David G Read
1979–1985 Paul Parsons
1989–1992 Martin Colton
Southwark Cathedral
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Southwell Minster
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At Southwell Minster , the term Rector Chori is used rather than Director of Music, or Master of the Choristers. It literally means Ruler of the Choir, and is an historic title.
Rectores Chori
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1519 Rev George Vincent
1568 George Thetford
1582 John Mudd
1584 Thomas Foster
1586 William Colbecke
1594 John Beeston
1596 Edward Manestie
1622 Francis Dogson
1628 John Hutchinson
1661 Edward Chappell
1690 George Chappell
1699 William Popeley
171? William Lee
1754 Samuel Wise
1755 Edmund Ayrton
1764–1781 Thomas Spofforth
1818 Edward Heathcote
1835 Frederick Gunton
1841 Chappell Batchelor
1857 Herbert Stephen Irons
1872 Cedric Bucknall
1876 William Weaver Ringrose
1879 W. Arthur Marriott
1888 Robert William Liddle
1918 Harry William Tupper
1929 George Thomas Francis
1946 Robert Ashfield
1956 David Lumsden
1959 Kenneth Beard
1989 Paul Hale
2016 Simon Hogan (acting)
2017 Paul Provost (formerly Sub-Organist of Guildford Cathedral )
Organists
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In 2008 the title of Assistant Organist was replaced with Assistant Director of Music, in line with other Cathedrals.
Assistant Directors of Music:
Truro Cathedral
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Wakefield Cathedral
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Organist of Wakefield Cathedral have included the following.
Organists
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1930–1945 Newell Smith Wallbank
1945–1970 Percy George Saunders
1970–2010 Jonathan Bielby MBE
2010–2020 Thomas Moore
2020–2021 James Bowstead (Acting)
2021- 2022 Ed Jones
2023 - James Bowstead
Assistant Organists
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1961–1971 John Holt
1975–1983 Peter David Gould
1983–1985 Gareth Green[106]
1985–1991 Keith Wright
1991–1996 Sean Farrell
1996–2002 Louise Reid (née Marsh)
2002–2010 Thomas Moore
2010 Daniel Justin
2011–2015 Simon Earl
2015–2017 Sachin Gunga
2018–2020 James Bowstead
2020–2021 Robert Pecksmith
2021- James Bowstead
Wells Cathedral
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The first record of an organ at Wells Cathedral dates from 1310, with a smaller organ, probably for the Lady Chapel, being installed in 1415. In 1620 a new organ, built by Thomas Dallam , was installed at a cost of £398 1s 5d, however this was destroyed by parliamentary soldiers in 1643 and another new organ was built in 1662,[107]
which was enlarged in 1786,[108]
and again rebuilt in 1855, a substantial early work of 'Father' Henry Willis .[109]
In 1909–1910 a new organ was built by Harrison & Harrison with the best parts of the old organ retained (approximately one-third of the stops being by Willis),[110]
and this has been maintained by the same company since.[111]
Organists
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1416–1418 Walter Bagele (or Vageler)[112]
1421–1422 Robert Cator
1428–1431 John Marshal
1437–1462 John Marchell
1461–1462 John Menyman (joint)
1461–1462 Richard Hygons (joint)
1497–1507 Richard Hygons
1507–1508 Richard Bramston
1508 John Clawsy (or Clavelleshay)
1514 William Mylwhard
1515–1531 Richard Bramston
1534–1538 John Smyth
1547–1554 Nicholas Prynne
1556–1557 John Marker
1558 Robert Awman
1559–1562 William Lyde
1563 Thomas Tanner
1568 Matthew Nailer
1587 John Clerk
1600 Thomas Hunt
1608 James Weare
1613 Edmund Tucker
1614 Richard Brown
1619–1642 John Oker (or Okeover)
Commonwealth period (1642-1663)
1663 John Brown
1674 Mr Hall
1674 John Jackson
1688 Robert Hodge
1690 John George
1713 William Broderip
1726 Joseph Millard
1727 William Evans
1741 Jacob Nickells
1741 John Broderip
1771 Peter Parfitt
1773 Robert Parry
1781 Dodd Perkins
1820 William Perkins
1859 Charles Williams Lavington
1896 Percy Carter Buck
1899 Revd. Canon Thomas Henry Davis
1933 Conrad William Eden
1936 Denys Pouncey
1971 Anthony Crossland
1996 Malcolm Archer
2004 Rupert Gough (acting)
2005 Matthew Owens[113]
2020–2022 Jeremy Cole (acting Organist and Master of the Choristers since 2017)
2023-present Alexander Hamilton (Acting Director of Music)
Assistant Organists
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1842–1859 Charles William Lavington
J. Summers
c. 1880 Frederick Joseph William Crowe [114] (later organist of Chichester Cathedral ) c.1880
1894–1895 Charles Harry Moody (then acting organist 1895)
1896–1897 Frederick William Heck[115] (afterwards organist of Bedminster Parish Church)
W. J. Bown[116]
1904–1906 Richard John Maddern-Williams (later sub-organist of Norwich Cathedral ).
1906 Kenneth J Miller[117]
1908 Edward Percival Oxley (afterwards organist of St Paul's Church, Birmingham )[118]
1908 F.P. Wheeldon
Frank W. Porkess
1920–1925 Marmaduke Conway (later organist of Ely Cathedral )
1926–1927 C.H. Trevor
1927–1933 Conrad William Eden (then organist here and later organist of Durham Cathedral )
1938 J.W. Martindale-Sidwell (later organist of St Clement Danes , London)
1946–1953 Michael Peterson
1961–1970 Anthony Crossland (later organist)
1977–1983 David Anthony Cooper (later organist of Blackburn Cathedral )
1983–1990 Christopher Brayne (later organist of Bristol Cathedral)
David Ponsford
1990–1994 Andrew Nethsingha
1994–2005 Rupert Gough
2002–2007 David Bednall (Senior Organ Scholar 2002 – 2004)
2007–2017 Jonathan Vaughn
2017–2019 Jeremy Cole
2019–2020 James Gough (temporary)
2020– Alexander Hamilton (Assistant Director of Music)
2023–2023 Adam Wilson (Acting Assistant Director of Music)
Sub-Assistant Organists
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2019–2020 David Stevens (formerly Organist and Master of the Choristers of Belfast Cathedral)
2021 Adam Wilson (formerly Acting Assistant Master of the Music of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) )
Winchester Cathedral
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The earliest known organist of Winchester Cathedral is John Dyer in 1402. Later organists include Christopher Gibbons whose patronage aided the revival of church music after the Interregnum, John Reading , Daniel Roseingrave , James Kent , Samuel Sebastian Wesley , the composer of sacred music, who was also responsible for the acquisition of the Cathedral organ, Martin Neary , who arranged the music for the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales , and choral director David Hill .
Organists
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Organists were formerly titled "Organist and Master of the Choristers" then, briefly, "Organist and Master of the Music" and now "Organist and Director of Music"
???? Richard Wynslade
1572 John Langton
???? John Holmes
1602 John Lante
1615 George Bath
1631 Thomas Holmes
1638 Christopher Gibbons
1661 John Silver
1666 Randolph Jewitt
1675 John Reading
1681 Daniel Roseingrave
1693 Vaughan Richardson
1729 John Bishop
1737 James Kent
1774 Peter Fussell
1802 George William Chard (also Mayor of Winchester )
1849 Samuel Sebastian Wesley
1865 George Benjamin Arnold
1902 William Prendergast
1933 Harold Rhodes
1949 Reginald Alwyn Surplice
1972 Martin Neary
1988 David Hill
2002 Andrew Lumsden
Assistant Organists
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Sometimes the appointment has been as "Sub-organist" or, in recent years, "Assistant Director of Music"
1787–1802 George William Chard (later Organist)
1851–1854 George Mursell Garrett (later Organist of Madras Cathedral , subsequently Organist of St John's College, Cambridge and Organist to Cambridge University )[119]
1863–?? Thomas Somerford
????-1869 E.H. Birch
1876 Charles Lee Williams (later Organist of Llandaff Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral )[120]
William Prendergast (later Organist)
1898–?? Alfred Ernest Floyd
E. Gilbert
1902–1904 Louis H. Torr[121]
1906 George C. Macklin[122]
1906–1913 Howard Roscoe Eady[123]
1908–?? James Frederick Parsons [124]
Henry William Radford[125]
1912–1921 Henry William Stubbington [126] (later Organist of St Martin in the Bull Ring , Birmingham)
1919 Hilda Bird[127]
Horace Hawkins (later organist of Chichester Cathedral )
W. Brennand Smith[128]
Cyril John Tucker Fogwell
Gillian Skottowe (now Gillian Earl)
1958–1967 Graham Hedley Matthews (later Organist of Sheffield Cathedral )
1967–?? Clement McWilliam[129] [130]
1975–1985 James Lancelot (later Organist and Master of the Choristers at Durham Cathedral , also Lay Canon and now Lay Canon Organist Emeritus there also, from September 2018, Interim Director of Music at Worcester Cathedral)
1985–1991 Timothy Byram-Wigfield (later successively Organist of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) , Jesus College, Cambridge , St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle , and All Saints, Margaret Street , London) [131]
1991–1996 David Dunnett (later Organist and Master of the Music at Norwich Cathedral )
1996–1998 Stephen Farr (later Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral , Organist of Worcester College, Oxford and from April 2020 Organist and Director of Music All Saints, Margaret Street , London)[131]
1999–2002 Philip Scriven (later Organist and Master of Choristers at Lichfield Cathedral )
2002–2008 Sarah Baldock (later Organist and Master of Choristers at Chichester Cathedral )
2003–2008 Philip White-Jones (later Assistant Director of Music at Southwell Minster )
2008 Richard McVeigh (Assistant Organist)
2008–2012 Simon Bell (Assistant Director of Music, later Director of Music of the 'Schola Cantorum' at Tewkesbury Abbey )
2012–2021 George Castle (Assistant Director of Music)
2017 Richard Moore (Assistant Organist)[132]
2017- Claudia Grinnell (Assistant Organist 2017-2021) (Sub Organist 2021- )[133]
2022- Joshua Stephens (Sub Organist) [133]
Worcester Cathedral
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Organists of Worcester Cathedral have included Sir Ivor Atkins , Douglas Guest , Christopher Robinson, the composers Thomas Tomkins , William Hayes , Hugh Blair , and conductors Sir David Willcocks , Donald Hunt and Adrian Lucas .
Organists (and Directors of Music from 2012)
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1415 T. Hulet
1468 Richard Grene
1484 John Hampton
1522 Daniel Boyse
1541 Richard Fisher
1569 John Golden
1581 Nathaniel Giles
1585 Robert Cotterell
1590 Nathaniel Patrick
1595 John Fido
1596 Thomas Tomkins
1649 Vacant
1661 Giles Tomkins
1662 Richard Browne
1664 Richard Davis
1686 Vaughan Richardson
1688 Richard Cherington
1724 John Hoddinott
1731 William Hayes
1734 John Merifield
1747 Elias Isaac
1793 Thomas Pitt
1806 Jeremiah Clark
1807 William Kenge
1813 Charles E. J. Clarke
1844 William Done
1895 Hugh Blair
1897 Sir Ivor Atkins
1950 David Willcocks (later knighted)
1957 Douglas Guest
1963 Christopher Robinson
1974 Donald Hunt
1996 Adrian Lucas
2012 Christopher Allsop (Acting Director of Music)
2012–2018 Peter Nardone
2019 Samuel Hudson
Assistant Organists (and Assistant Directors of Music from 2012)
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1846–1847 John Roberts Boulcott
c. 1860 Alfred James Caldicott
1865 Robert Taylor
????-1876 William Edward Wadeley
1879 Mr. Garton
James Henry Caseley (later organist of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon )
Henry Holloway
1887–1895 Hugh Blair (later organist)
1893–1899 Frank Alfred Charles Mason[134]
1893–1896 George Street Chignell[135]
1904–1909 Edgar Thomas Cook (later organist of Southwark Cathedral )
????-1912 Alexander E. Brent Smith
1912–1962 Edgar F.Day
1962–1963 Christopher Robinson (later organist; then successively organist of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle and St John's College, Cambridge )
1963–1976 Harry Bramma (later organist of Southwark Cathedral )
1976–1981 Paul Trepte (later organist of Ely Cathedral )
1981–1991 Adrian Partington (later organist of Gloucester Cathedral )
1991–1998 Raymond Johnston (later Canon Musician of St Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis)
1998–2004 Daniel Phillips
2004–2018 Christopher Allsop (subsequently Assistant Director of Music, King's School, Worcester and Organist of Eton College )
2018– Nicholas Freestone
Sub-Assistant Organists (and Voluntary Choir Choirmasters)
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2008–2012 George Castle (later Assistant Director of Music at Winchester Cathedral )
2012–2014 James Luxton (later Assistant Director of Music at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral )
2014–2016 Justin Miller
2017–2019 Richard Cook
2019–2021 Ed Jones
Organists of the Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir
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1981–2021 John Wilderspin[136]
York Minster
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See also
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Notes
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^ a b The sacking of the cathedral in December 1642 caused all cathedral services to be suspended. They were not resumed until the restoration of the monarchy in 1661. The choir was re-formed in the same year, but the appointment of a new organist did not occur until 1668
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^ Who's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p. 244.
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^ Grantham Journal – Saturday 18 January 1868.
^ Derby Daily Telegraph – Wednesday 27 May 1885.
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^ 20th Century Cathedral Organists. Enid Bird
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^ "Somerset, Wells Cathedral of St. Andrew, Dean & Chapter Of Wells N06890" . National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). Retrieved 11 February 2008 .
^ "Somerset, Wells Cathedral of St. Andrew, Dean & Chapter Of Wells N06891" . National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). Retrieved 11 February 2008 .
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^ "Somerset, Wells Cathedral of St. Andrew, Dean & Chapter Of Wells N06893" . National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR). Retrieved 11 February 2008 .
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^ Thornsby, 1912, p. 286.
^ Thornsby, 1912, p. 251.
^ Thornsby, 1912, p. 309.
^ "Mr. E.P. Oxley" . Birmingham Daily Gazette . England. 1 December 1956. Retrieved 6 November 2023 .
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^ Dictionary of organs and organists. Second Edition, 1921. p.436
^ Dictionary of organs and organists. First Edition. 1912. p. 340.
^ Dictionary of organs and organists. Second Edition, 1921. p.379 (The entry merely states "trained Winchester Cathedral" and there is no indication of any formal appointment)
^ Dictionary of organs and organists. Second Edition, 1921. p.336 (The entry states "Hon. Asst-Org. and Music Master to Choristers")
^ Dictionary of organs and organists. Second Edition, 1921. p.393 (The entry implies a short tenure, but it is not apparent whether jointly with H R Eady, above)
^ Dictionary of organs and organists. Second Edition, 1921. p.400
^ Who's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p. 204.
^ Dictionary of organs and organists. Second Edition, 1921. p.308
^ Dictionary of organs and organists. Second Edition, 1921. p.415
^ Clement McWilliam's tenure briefly overlapped that of Graham Hedley Matthews, above, but it is not currently known whether there was any formal joint appointment as Assistant Organist.
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^ a b All Saints’ Parish Newsletter, January 2020.
^ From March 2017: Cathedral website
^ a b Cathedral website
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^ But the list of Organists of York Minster in the North Transept gives John Hutchinson 1634.
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