Biography of Dr Charles W. Pearce

Pearce, Dr Charles William. Mus.D. (Cantab, 1884), M.A., F.R.C.O. Studied in Salisbury with Theodore Aylward; London with Dr Charles Garland Verrinder, Dr William Stevenson Hoyte and Dr Edward John Hopkins. Organist of St. Martin’s, Salisbury, 1871-73; St. Luke’s, Old Street, London, 1874-85; St. Clement’s, Eastcheap, London, 1885. Professor of organ and composition at Trinity College, London, 1882; dean there, 1891; Hon. Treasurer to the Union of Musical Graduates, 1894; professor of harmony at the Guildhall School of Music, London, 1898; director of examinations at Trinity College London, 1908; music editor. Composed church cantatas, services, anthems, organ pieces, &c. Author of “Notes on Old London City Churches: their Organs, organists and musical associations”, 1908; “Notes on English Organs of the period 1800-1810 taken chiefly from the M.S. of Henry Leffler”, 1911; “Organ Studies”; “Organ tutor - for the first term”; “Mendelssohn’s Organ Sonatas”, “The Organist’s Directory”; “Organ Accompaniment to the Psalms”; “The evolution of the pedal organ, and matters concerned therewith”, 1927. b. Salisbury, England, Dec. 5^th, 1856; d. Wimborne, Dec. 2^nd, 1928.

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