Organ Sheet Music
Compositions by William Wolstenholme
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Biography of William Wolstenholme
Wolstenholme, William. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1887). Studied at the College for Blind Sons of Gentlemen, Worcester; pupil of Dr William Done and Sir Edward Elgar (violin); studied at Oxford University, was the only blind musician to have taken a degree in music since John Stanley. Organist of St. Paul’s, Blackburn, 1888-1901; Kings Weigh House Church, Grosvenor Square, London, 1902-04; All Saints’, Norfolk Square, London, 1904-; All Saints’, St. John’s Wood, London, (where Rev. Noel Bonavia-Hunt was the precentor), 1926; toured the U.S.A., 1908. A great exponent of extemporization. President of the London Society of Organists, 1925. Composed chamber music, songs, part songs, orchestral pieces, organ music, &c. b. Blackburn, England, Feb. 24th, 1865; d. Hampstead, London, July 23rd, 1931. Biographical information courtesy of www.organ-biography.info © 2025 |
