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Short Pieces
Short Pieces Volume 4 (1. Dr R. Papperitz - Choral Vorspiel No 1 in F; 2. Dr R. Papperitz - Choral Vorspiel No 2 in F; 3. Walter H. Sangster - Andante in A flat; 4. Philipp Tietz - Andante Sostenuto in G; 5. F. W. Hird - Allegro vivace in F; 6. E. Bunnett - Allegro moderato; 7. Gustav Merkel - Pastorale in A)
Adams, Thomas. Pupil of Sir Frederick Bridge. Organist of Halstead Parish Church; St. Alban-the-Martyr, Holborn, London, 1888-1918. Taught at Bishop Stortford Grammar School. Composed choral and organ music. b. Harlow, England, Nov. 21st, 1857; d. Islington, London, Nov. 4th, 1918.
Six Pieces for Christmas (1. “Sit Laus plena” - Allegro con brio; 2. “Quem vidistis pastores” - Andante con moto in E; 3. “Psallite omnes Angeli” - Allegro vivace in C; 4. “Venite in Bethlehem” - Andantino in F; 5. Pastorale - Allegretto in B flat; 6. “O Magnum Mysterium” - Andante in E flat)
Six Pieces for Church Use Vol. 1 (1. Andante con moto in E; 2. Allegro moderato in A minor; 3. Andante in B flat (No 1); 4. Allegro con brio in F; 5. Adagio in D; 6. Allegro moderato in C (with chorale))
Six Pieces for Church Use Vol. 3 (1. Chorale Prelude on the Tune “London” in E flat; 2. Fuga in C (allegro moderato); 3. Chorale Prelude on the Tune “Halifax” in A; 4. Andantino in E flat; 5. Chorale Prelude on the Tune “St. Bride” in A minor; 6. Andante in B flat (No 2))
Six Pieces for Church Use Vol. 5 (1. Wedding march; 2. Allegro giocoso in G; 3. Andante con moto in A; 4. Prelude on the Hynn “Stabat Mater” in D minor; 5. Funeral March in F sharp minor; 6. Adagio elegiaco in E minor)
Twelve Short Preludes on Old English Psalm-Tunes (1. “Lord, hear the voice of my complaint”; 2. “Through all the changing scenes of life”; 3. “All people that on earth do dwell”; 4. “Give ear, thou judge of all the earth”; 5. “My soul, praise the Lord”; 6. “Thou turnest man, O Lord, to dust”; 7. “Hail! Sacred feast”; 8. “All praise to thee, my God, this night”; 9. “My soul for help on God relies”; 10. “Thy mercies, Lord, shall be my song”; 11. “Bow down thy gracious ear”; 12. “O praise the Lord with one consent”)
Blair, DrHugh. B.A. (Cantab, 1886), Mus.B. (Cantab, 1887), M.A. (Cantab, 1896), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1906). Studied at Worcester Cathedral School under Dr William Done; Christ College Cambridge under Sir G. A. Macfarren and Dr George M. Garrett. Organ scholar at Christ’s College, Cambridge, 1883; organist there, 1884-87; assistant organist of Worcester Cathedral, 1887-94; organist there, 1895-97; Holy Trinity, Marylebone, London, 1898-; Battersea Town Hall, London, 1900-04. Conducted the Three Choirs Festival, Worcester, 1889-97; London Church Orchestral Society, 1910-15. Composed cantatas, anthems, services, part-songs, violin pieces, &c. b. Worcester, England, May 26th, 1864; d. Worthing, July 22nd, 1932.
Chipp, DrEdmund Thomas. Mus.B. (Cantab, Mar. 17th, 1859), Mus.D. (Cantab, June 21st, 1860). Chorister at the Chapel Royal, London, under William Hawes; pupil of W. Thomas (violin) and J. B. Nadaud (violin). Organist of the Percy Chapel, Tottenham Court Road, London; the Albany Chapel, Regent’s Park, London, 1843-46; St. John’s Chapel, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London, 1846-47; St. Olave’s, Southwark, London, 1847-52; St. Mary’s-at-Hill, Eastcheap, London, 1852-56; the Royal Panopticon, Leicester Square, London, 1855-56; Holy Trinity, Paddington, London, 1856-62; St. George’s, Belfast, Ireland, 1862-66; Ulster Hall, Belfast, 1862-66; Kinnaird Hall, Dundee, Scotland, 1866; St. Paul’s (Episcopal), Edinburgh, 1866; Ely Cathedral, England, 1866-86. Violinist in Her Majestys Private Band, London, 1843-55; with the Royal Italian Opera, London. Composed church, organ music, oratorios, &c. b. London, England, Dec. 25th, 1823; d. Nice, France, Dec. 17th, 1886.
Cominetti, Ennio. Studied at the Piacenza Music school. Organist of St. Giovanni-Battista’s, Morbegno. Editor with the publishers “Edizioni Musicali Bèrben”. b. Lecco, Italy, 1957.
Demarest, Clifford. F.A.G.O. Studied in Brooklyn, New York, with Dr R. Huntington Woodman (organ). Organist of the Community Church, New York, 1900; the Church-of-the-Messiah (Unitarian), New York. President of the American Guild of Organists, 1917-20. Composed anthems, part-songs, organ music, &c. b. Tenafly, New Jersey, U.S.A., Aug. 12th, 1874; d. there, May 13th, 1946.
Duncan, William Edmondstoune. A.R.C.O. (1882). Studied at the Royal College of Music, London, under Sir Hubert H. Parry, Sir Charles V. Stanford, Sir George Martin and E. Pauer; pupil of Sir G. A. Macfarren. Music critic in London; professor at the Oldham College of Music. Composed choral and orchestral music, a mass, an opera, songs, part-songs, &c. Wrote about music. b. Sale, England, Apr. 22nd, 1866; d. there, June 26th, 1920.
Faulkes, George William Henry. Pupil of William Dawson and Henry Dillon-Newman. . Organist of St. John-the-Baptist’s, Tue Brook, Liverpool, 1882-86; St. Margaret’s, Anfield, Liverpool, 1886-1933. b. Liverpool, England, Nov. 4th, 1863; d. there, Jan. 25th, 1933.
Gade, Niels Wilhelm. Ph.D. (Copenhagen, 1879), Knight Commander of the Order of Dannebrog, 1886. Pupil of Wexschall, Berggreen and Weyse; studied in Leipzig, 1843. Organist and director of the Musikveren, Copenhagen, 1848; organist of the Garnison Church, Copenhagen, 1851-58; the Holmen’s Church, Copenhagen 1858-. Violinist with the Royal Orchestra, Copenhagen; court conductor in Copenhagen, 1861; taught at the Leipzig Conservatory. Composed symphonies, concertos, chamber music, an opera, songs, &c. Son-in-law of J. P. E. Hartmann. b. Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 22nd, 1817; d. there, Dec. 21st, 1890.
Garrett, DrGeorge Mursell. Mus.B. (Cantab, 1857), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1867), M.A. (Cantab, 1878), F.R.C.O., M.P.S. Chorister in New College, Oxford, 1844-48; pupil of Dr S. S. Wesley and Dr Stephen Elvey. Organist of St. Thomas’, Winchester, 1848-52; assistant organist of Winchester Cathedral, 1851-54; organist of Holy Trinity, Winchester, 1852-54; Madras Cathedral, India, 1854-56; St. John’s College, Cambridge, England, 1857-97; to Cambridge University, 1873-97. Lecturer in harmony and counterpoint at Cambridge University, 1883; conducted the St. John’s College Musical Society. Composed cantatas, church music, organ and piano pieces, part-songs, songs, &c. b. Winchester, England, June 8th, 1834; d. Cambridge, Apr. 8th, 1897.
Gaul, Harvey Bartlett. Pupil of George F. Lejeune (organ); studied in New York with Dudley Buck; London with Dr Philip Armes and A. R. Gaul; at the Paris Conservatory under Alexandre Guilmant; the Schola Cantorum, Paris, under Charles Marie Widor and Vincent d’Indy. Assistant organist of St. John’s Chapel, New York City, 1898; organist of St. Luke’s Chapel, Paris, France; the Emmanuel Church, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., 1900-08; the Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1910-45. Taught at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Composed organ pieces, cantatas, songs, part-songs, anthems, &c. Wrote criticism for Pittsburgh newspapers. b. Astoria, New York, U.S.A., Apr. 11th, 1881; d. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dec. 1st, 1945.
Goodhart, Arthur Murray. B.A. (Cantab, 1888), Mus.B. (Cantab, 1892), M.A. (Cantab, 1894). Pupil of Sir J. Barnby, Dr George M. Garrett, Dr Charles W. Pearce, C. Forsyth, Frank Bridge. Taught classics at Eton School. Composed orchestral, organ, and piano pieces, songs, carols, military band music, &c. b. Wimbledon, England, July 14th, 1866; d. Oxford, July 2nd, 1941.
Grace, DrHarvey. F.R.C.O. (1905), Mus.D. (Lambeth, 1932). Chorister in Romsey Abbey under William Cary Bliss; studied at Southwark Cathedral, London, under Dr A. Madeley Richardson. Organist of St. Agnes’, Kennington Park, London, 1905-13; St. Mary-Magdalene’s, Munster Square, London, 1914-; Chichester Cathedral, 1931-37; East Grinstead Parish Church. Editor of the “Musical Times”, 1918-; commissioner of the School of English Church Music, 1937; taught at Trinity College of Music, London, 1939. Composed organ pieces, songs, part-songs, church music, &c. Brother of Dr George Grace and Rev. William F. Grace. b. Romsey, England, Jan. 25th, 1874; d. Bromley (Kent), Feb. 15th, 1944.
Grädener, Carl (Karl) Georg Peter. Studied at Altona Gymnasium; in Lübeck, Halle and Göttingen. Director of music at Kiel University, 1841-51; the Vocal Academy, Hamburg, 1851-61; professor of singing and theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Austria, 1862-65; taught at the Hamburg Conservatory, Germany, 1865-. Composed chamber music, piano pieces, &c. Father of Hermann Grädener. b. Rostock, Germany, Jan. 14th, 1812; d. Hamburg, June 10th, 1883.
Gray, DrAlan. LL.B. (Cantab, 1877), LL.M. (Cantab, 1883), Mus.B. (Cantab, 1886), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1889), F.R.C.O. Studied at St. Peter’s School, York; law at Trinity College, Cambridge; music at York Minster under Dr Edwin George Monk; Trinity College, Cambridge. Organist of Wellington College, 1883-92; Trinity College, Cambridge, 1892-1930; the Guild Hall, Cambridge. Musical director of Wellington College, 1883-92; conducted the Cambridge University Musical Society, 1892; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1922-23. Composed cantatas, odes, church music, orchestral music, chamber music, organ pieces, songs, &c. b. York, England, Dec. 23rd, 1855; d. Cambridge, Sep. 27th, 1935.
Halsey, Ernest. Organist of Anerley Congregational Church, London, 1903-. Stockbroker. b. Battersea, London, England, 1876; d. Marylebone, London, June 20th, 1939.
Harwood, DrBasil. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1880), B.A. (Oxon, 1881), M.A., (Oxon, 1884), Mus.D. (Oxon, 1896), F.R.C.O. Studied at Charterhouse School, 1874-76; Trinity College, Oxford; pupil of J. L. Roeckel (piano), George Riseley (organ) and Dr Charles Corfe (theory); studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under Dr Karl Reinecke (composition) and Salomon Jadassohn (composition). Organist of Trinity College, Oxford, 1878-81; St. Barnabas’, Pimlico, London, 1883-87; Ely Cathedral, 1887-92; Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1892-1909. Conducted the Oxford Orchestral Association, 1892-98; Oxford Bach Choir, 1896; president of the Oxford University Musical Club, 1881, 1895; precentor of Keble College, Oxford, 1892-1903; choragus of Oxford University, 1900-1909. Composed church music, organ and piano pieces, songs, hymn tunes, &c. b. Woodhouse, Olveston, England, Apr. 11th, 1859; d. Kensington, London, Apr. 3rd, 1949.
Hesse, Adolf (Adolph) Friedrich. Pupil of Dr C. H. Rinck, Friedrich Wilhelm Berner (organ) and E. Köhler (organ). Assistant organist of St. Elizabeth’s, Breslau, 1827-31; organist of St. Bernard’s, Breslau, 1831-63. Director of the Breslau Symphony Concerts. Composed cantatas, symphonies, chamber music, organ pieces, &c. b. Breslau, Germany, Aug. 30th, 1809; d. there, Aug. 5th, 1863.
Higgs, Henry Marcellus. Organist of Christ Church, Sutton; St. Paul’s, Great Portland Street, London. Son of Marcellus Higgs. b. Pimlico, London, England, 1855; d. Putney, London, Oct. 28th, 1929.
Hollins, Alfred. Hon.Mus.D. (Edinburgh, 1922); Hon.F.R.C.O. Blind organist. Studied at the Wilberforce Institution, York, under William Barnby, 1874-77; the Royal Normal College for the Blind, Upper Norwood, London, under F. J. Campbell, Fritz Hartvigson (piano), and Dr E. J. Hopkins (organ), 1878; in Berlin under Hans von Bülow who described him as one “of those rare and true musicians among pianoforte virtuosi”, 1885. Organist of St. John’s, Redhill, London, 1884-88; the People’s Palace, London, 1888-; St. Andrew’s (Presbyterian), Upper Norwood, London, 1888-97; St. George’s (United Free), Edinburgh, Scotland, 1897-1942. Professor of piano and organ at the Royal Normal College for the Blind, Upper Norwood, London, 1888. Was responsible for the specifications of the organ in Johannesburg Town Hall, built by Norman & Beard (giving opening recital, 1916), and Caird Hall, Dundee, built by Harrison & Harrison; also organs in Belfast and Edinburgh. Played the Beethoven Pianoforte Concerto in E-flat under Manns at the Crystal Palace; before Queen Victoria at Windsor, 1882; toured the United States, 1885, 1888; played a series of recitals at Sydney Town Hall in 1904; toured New Zealand, 1904; South Africa, 1907, 1909; U.S.A., 1926. Composed organ music, songs, anthems, piano music, &c. b. Hull, England, Sep. 11th, 1865; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, May 17th, 1942.
Hosmer, Elmer Samuel (Saul). M.A. (Brown, 1885). Studied at Brown University, Rhode Island; pupil of J. C. D. Parker, Carl, Faelton, S. B. Whitney, George E. Whiting and Percy Goetschius. Organist in Boston, Massachusetts. Taught music at the Institution for the Blind, South Boston, Massachusetts; professor of music in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. b. Clinton, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Mar. 21st, 1862; d. Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Apr. 25th, 1945.
Hull, DrArthur Eaglefield. Mus.D. (Oxon, 1903), F.R.C.O. Pupil of J. H. Wood, Tobias Matthay and Dr Charles W. Pearce. Organist in Market Harborough; of St. Mary’s, Plaistow; Bishop-Stortford Parish Church, 1898-1903; Huddersfield Parish Church, 1904-; organ recitalist. Founder of the British Music Society; conductor. b. Little Bowden, Market Harborough, England, Mar. 10th, 1876; d. Huddersfield, Nov. 4th, 1928 (suicide).
Jackson, Bob (Bernard). F.R.C.O. (1889). Studied at the Royal College of Music, London, under Sir Frederick Bridge and Sir Hubert H. Parry. Organist of St. Andrew’s Parish Church, Hingham, 1886-89; to the People’s Palace, London, 1890-1900; Christ Church, Battersea, London; St. Giles’, Cripplegate, London, c1908. Composed organ pieces, anthems, songs, &c. b. Birstwith, England, Aug. 27th, 1869; d. Wandsworth, London, 1925.
James, Frederic (Frederick). Mus.B. (Cantab, 1885), L.R.A.M. Pupil of Dr Charles W. Pearce. Music master at Woodhouse Grove School, 1884. Composed cantatas, anthems, hymns, &c. b. Masbrough, Rotherham, England, July 6th, 1858; d. Bradford, Jan. 18th, 1922.
Variations on Four Hymn-Tunes (1. “Sun of my Soul” (“Hursley”); 2. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” (“Berlin”); 3. “At even the Sun was set” (“Angelus”); 4. “Abide with me” (“Eventide”))
Jordahl, Robert Arnold. Mus.B. (Texas, 1950), Mus.M. (Texas, 1951), Mus.D. (Eastman, 1965). Studied at the University of Texas; the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, under Dr Wayne Barlow. Organist of the Temple Sinai, Lake Charles, Louisiana. Associate professor of music at the Alaska Methodist University, 1965-68; professor of music at McNeese State University, 1968-99. Composed choral and organ music, &c. b. Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S.A., Sep. 19th, 1926; d. Bastrop, Texas, Aug. 22nd, 2008.
Forty Days and Forty Night - Lenten Organ Improvisations (1. Heinlein (Forty Days and Forty Nights); 2. Holy Ghost (Lord is This Your Mercy’s Day); 3. Passion Chorale (O Sacred Head); 4. Babylon’s Streams (With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh); 5. Spires (The Glory of These Forty Days); 6. Martydom (Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed); 7. Labbaeus (God the Father, God the Son); 8. Marlow (Am I a Soldier of the Cross))
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Forty Days and Forty Night - Lenten Organ Improvisations
Hymn Improvisations for the Church Year (1. St. Thomas (Lo! He Comes, With Clouds Descending); 2. Divinum Mysterium (Of the Father’s Love Begotten); 3. Andújar (A Stable Lamp is Lighted); 4. Star in the East (Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning); 5. Three Kings of Orient (We Three Kings of Orient Are); 6. The Third Tune (To Mock Your Reign, My Dearest Lord); 7. Middlebury (Come Away to the Skies, My Beloved); 8. Parker (Rejoice, the Lord of Life Ascends); 9. Cornish (Spirit of Mercy, Truth, and Love))
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid Theodor. Studied at Leipzig Conservatory under Karl Wendling, Dr Karl Reinecke, Robert Teichmüller, Salomon Jadassohn and Homeyar, 1895.. Taught at the Magdeburg Conservatory, 1901-02; piano, theory and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory, 1919-32; professor there, 1932-33. b. Oberndorf-am-Neckar, Swabia, Germany, Nov. 21st, 1877; d. Leipzig, Apr. 9th, 1933.
Kitson, Prof. Charles Herbert. Mus.D. (Oxon, 1902), M.A. (Cantab, 1903), Hon.F.R.C.O., F.R.C.M. Pupil of Dr John Naylor, Dr Charles Wood. Organ scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1894-97; organist of St. John-the-Baptist’s, Knighton, Leicester, 1902-13; Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, 1913-20. Assistant music master at Haileybury College, 1897-99; music master at St. Edmund’s School, Canterbury, 1899-1902; professor of music at University College, Dublin, 1917-; of theory at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, 1918; professor of music at Dublin University, 1920-35; professor of harmony and counterpoint at the Royal College of Music, London; Trinity College, Dublin. b. Leyburn, England Nov. 13th, 1874; d. Kensington, London, May 13th, 1944.
Lemare, Edwin Henry. A.R.A.M., F.R.A.M., F.R.C.O. (1886). Pupil of his father; won a Goss Scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music, London, 1876; studied there under Sir G. A. Macfarren, Walter Macfarren, Dr Charles Steggall and Dr Edmund H. Turpin. Organist of St. Mary’s, Brookfield, Highgate, London; St. John-the-Evangelist’s, Brownswood Park, London, 1882; St. Andrew’s, Cardiff, Wales, 1886; the Park Hall, Cardiff, 1886; the Albert Hall, Sheffield, 1886; Sheffield Parish Church, England, 1886-92; Holy Trinity, Sloane Square, London, 1892-95; St. Margaret’s, Westminster, London, 1896-1902; the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1902-05; at the Pan-America Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915; San Francisco City Hall, California, 1917-20; Portland City Hall, Maine, 1921-23; Chattanooga City Hall, Tennessee, 1924-29. Toured the U.S.A., 1900-01; Australia; New Zealand; Europe. Designed the organ for Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand; Melbourne Town Hall, Australia. The finest and most highly paid organ recitalist of his day; popularized Wagnerian operas in England, though his transcriptions of them. Composed organ pieces, church music, an orchestral symphony, &c. Son of Edwin Lemare; nephew of Dr William Lemare. b. Ventnor, England, Sep. 9th, 1865; d. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., Sep. 24th, 1934.
Luard-Selby, Bertram. Studied at Tonbridge School; Magdalen College, Oxford; the Leipzig Conservatory under Dr Karl Reinecke and Salomon Jadassohn. Organist of St. Barnabas’, Marylebone, London, 1876-81; Highgate School, London, 1876-81; Salisbury Cathedral, 1881-83; St. John’s, Torquay, 1884-86; St. Barnabas’, Pimlico, London, 1887-; St. Andrew’s, Willesden Green, London; All Saints’, Norfolk Square, London; Rochester Cathedral, 1900-16; organist and music master at Bradfield College (Berkshire), 1916-18. Composed operas, church music, orchestral music, organ and piano pieces, songs, chamber music, &c. b. Ightham, England, Feb. 12th, 1853; d. Winterton, Dec. 26th, 1918.
Lux, Friedrich. Studied in Dessau with F. Schneider. Organist. Musical director of the Court Theatre, Dessau, 1841; conductor of the City Theatre, Mainz, 1851-77; the Oratorio Society, 1867-91. Composed operas, orchestral and chamber music, organ pieces, songs, piano music, &c. b. Ruhla, Germany, Nov. 24th, 1820; d. Mainz, July 9th, 1895.
Lyon, DrJames. Mus.D. (Oxon, 1904). Pupil of Dr T. W. Dodds (organ) and Dr Herbert Botting; studied at Queen’s College, Oxford. Assistant organist of Bangor Cathedral, Wales, 1892-94; organist of St. Michael’s College, Tenbury, England, 1894-96; St. Mark’s, Surbiton, 1896; Warwick School, 1897; Wallasey Parish Church, Liverpool, c1908. Taught at the Birmingham and Midlands Institute, until 1933. Composed operas, orchestral, church, and organ music, songs, piano pieces, violin pieces, &c. b. Manchester, England, Oct. 25th, 1872; d. Australia, Aug. 25th, 1949.
Macchia, Grimoaldo. Studied at the Arts Academy, Rome; Perugia Conservatory. Organist of St. Boniface’s Basilica, Rome; St. George’s, Arth, Switzerland. Professor of music at the Junior International Institute, Rome. b. Rome, Italy, May 6th, 1972.
Festspiel über “Beschirm uns, Gott, bleib unser Hort”
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Four Christmas Chorales (1. “Komm, du Heiland aller Welt”; 2. “Lobt Gott ihr Christen alle gleich”; 3. “Vom Himmel hoch”; 4. “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”)
Three Christmas Carols (1. Christmas Carol in Dance on “Tu scendi dalle stelle”; 2. Christmas Carol in Giga on “Adeste Fideles”; 3. Christmas Carol in Swing on “O Tannenbaum”)
Macpherson, DrCharles. A.R.A.M. (1896), Mus.D. (Dunelm, 1919), F.R.A.M., F.R.C.O. Chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 1879-87, under Sir George Martin; studied at St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir School, London; the Royal Academy of Music, London, 1890-. Organist of St. Clement’s, Eastcheap, London, 1887; St. David’s, Weem, Scotland, 1887-89; Madame de Falba’s Private Chapel, Luton Hoo, England, 1889-95; assistant organist of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 1895-1916; organist there, 1916-27. Taught harmony at the Royal Academy of Music, London; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1920-21. Composed chamber music, orchestral suites, &c. b. Edinburgh, Scotland, May 10th, 1870; d. Westminster, London, England, May 28th, 1927.
Mancini, Fabio. Studied at the G. Verdi Conservatory, Milan, under Costante Ferrari, Enzo Corti and Rosanna Re; pupil of D. Lorenzini (com-position) and L. Alvini (harpsichord). Organist of St. Leonardo Musialdo’s, Milan, 1989-. Taught music editing at the State University, Milan, 2004-; piano at the European Music Institute, Milan. b. Milan, Italy, Aug. 19th, 1967.
Meale, John Arthur. F.R.C.O. (1902). Organist of Marsden Congregational Church, 1896-99; Selby Wesleyan Church, 1899-1905; the Queens Hall, Hull, 1905-12; Westminster Central Hall, London, 1912-. Composed organ pieces, anthems, songs, &c. Uncle of Neville Taylor. b. Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield, England, Dec. 18th, 1880; d. Hendon, Dec. 9th, 1932. %The name was spelt Meal in the register of births.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix. Hon.Ph.D. (Leipzig, 1841). Pupil of Berger, Zelter and Hennings; Moscheles, 1824; studied at Berlin University. Organist. Visited England, 1829; toured Germany, Austria, Italy, and France, 1830-32. Conducted the Lower Rhine Festival, Düsseldorf, 1833; Cologne, 1835; Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig, 1835; Philharmonic Concerts, London, 1844; a chief organizer of the Leipzig Conservatory, 1843. Composed oratorios, cantatas, symphonies, incidental music, chamber music, concertos, piano and organ pieces, &c. Brother of Fanny Hensel. b. Hamburg, Germany, Feb. 3rd, 1809; d. Leipzig, Nov. 4th, 1847.
Pieces from the Oratorio “St. Paul” (1. “But the Lord is mindful of his own”; 2. “Sleepers wake! a voice is calling”; 3. “How lovely are the Messengers”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “St. Paul” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Mutti, Davide. Studied at the Castelfranco Conservatory; the Venezia Conservatory; the Brescia Conservatory. Organist of Torre Boldone Parish Church, 2005-; Villaggio degli Sposi Church, Bergamo, 2012-. b. Bergamo, Italy, 1990.
Palmer, DrClement Charlton. Mus.D. (Oxon, 1896), F.R.C.O. Studied at the Derby School of Music; Repton School. Organist of St. Leonards, Wychnor, 1887; St. Andrew’s, Pau, France, 1888-90; assistant organist of Lichfield Cathedral, 1890-97; organist of Holy Trinity, Burton-on-Trent, England, 1891-97; St. Lawrence’s Parish Church, Ludlow, 1897-1908; Canterbury Cathedral, 1908-36. Composed services, organ pieces, &c. b. Barton-under-Needwood, England, Apr. 16th, 1871; d. Canterbury, Aug. 13th, 1944.
Studies on Old English Hymns (set 2) (1. “Dundee”; 2. Saraband on “Irish”; 3. Pastorale on Carley’s “Surrey”; 4. “St Magnus”; 5. “Wareham”; 6. “Manchester”; 7. “St Matthew”; 8. “Old 113th”; 9. Air on “Winchester Old”; 10. Solemn March on “Southwall”; 11. “Veni Sancte Spiritus”; 12. Toccata on “Old 100th”)
Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1867), B.A. (Oxon, 1870), M.A. (Oxon, 1874), Hon.Mus.D. (Cantab, 1883), Hon.Mus.D. (Oxon, 1884), Hon.Mus.D. (Dublin, 1891); knighted, 1898; baronet, 1903. Studied at Eton College, 1861; Exeter College, Oxford; pupil of Sterndale Bennett, Sir G. A. Macfarren and Dr G. Elvey(composition); in Stuttgart with Edward Dannreuther (piano) and H. H. Pierson. Choragus to Oxford University, 1883; director of the Royal College of Music, London, 1894-1918; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1898-1901; professor of music at Oxford University, 1901-08; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1917-18. Composed symphonies, overtures, chamber music, piano pieces, anthems, songs, oratorios, &c. b. Bournemouth, England, Feb. 27th, 1848; d. Knight’s Croft, Rustington, Oct. 7th, 1918.
Pearce, DrCharles William. Mus.B. (Cantab, 1881), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1884), M.A., F.R.C.O. Studied in Salisbury with Theodore Aylward (organ); in London with Dr Charles Garland Verrinder, Dr W. S. Hoyte (organ), C. J. Read (harmony), E. Prout (q.v.) (harmony) and Dr E. J. Hopkins (organ). 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 of Music, London, 1882; dean there, 1891-; honorary 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. b. Salisbury, England, Dec. 5th, 1856; d. Poole, Dec. 2nd, 1928.
Chorals (book 1) (1. Schatz über alle schätze; 2. Dir, dir, Herr, will ich singen; 3. Jesus, meine zuversicht; 4. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; 5. Von Gott will ich nicht lassen; 6. Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten)
Chorals (book 2) (1. Werde munter, mein Gemüte; 2. Nun danket alle Gott; 3. Ich dank dir schon durch deinen Sohn; 4. Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich; 5. Jesu, meine freude; 6. Freu dich sehr, o meine seele)
Ponsonby, Noel Edward. Mus.B. (Oxon), F.R.C.O. (1923), M.A. (Oxon) Chorister at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; studied at Repton School; and Trinity College, Oxford. Organ scholar at Trinity College, Oxford, 1909; organist of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, 1912-14; Marlborough College, 1914-18; Ely Cathedral, 1919-26; Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1926-28. Composed piano pieces, &c. b. Cambridge, England, Jan. 14th, 1891; d. Oxford, Dec. 10th, 1928.
Pye, James Thomas. Mus.B. (Oxon), F.R.C.O. Studied at Chester Cathedral. Organist of St. John’s, Lowestoft; Christ Church, Surbiton Hill, 1902-09; St. Aidan’s, New Clee, Grimsby, 1910-; St. Andrew’s, Grimsby; the Bishop King Memorial Church, Grimsby. Music teacher. b. St. George’s-in-the-East, Stepney, London, England, Oct. 15th, 1850; d. Grimsby, Apr. 15th, 1926.
Shaw, DrGeoffrey Turton. M.A., Mus.B. (Cantab), Mus.D. (Cantuar, 1932). Chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, under Sir George Martin; Derby School; Caius College Cambridge, under Sir Charles V. Stanford and Dr Charles Wood. Organ scholar of Caius College, Cambridge. Inspector of Music in Schools. Composed church music &c. Son of James Shaw; brother of Dr Martin Shaw. b. Clapham, London, England, Nov. 14th, 1879; d. Westminster, London, Apr. 14th, 1943.
Silas, Édouard (Eduard, Edward) Eli. Studied in Mannheim with Neher; in Frankfurt with Louis Lacombe (piano); at the Paris Conservatory under Friedrich W. M. Kalkbrenner, François Benoist (organ) and Jacques Fromenthal Halévy (composition), 1842-49. Organist of Kingston-upon-Thames Catholic Chapel, England, 1850-. Professor at the Guildhall School of Music, London, England. Moved to England, 1850. Composed cantatas, church music, organ pieces, orchestral and chamber music, piano pieces, songs, &c. b. Amsterdam, Holland, Aug. 22nd, 1827; d. West Kensington, London, England, Feb. 8th, 1909.
Spark, DrWilliam. Mus.D. (Dublin, 1861). Chorister at Exeter Cathedral; articled pupil of Dr S. S. Wesley, 1834. Organist of St. Laurence’s, Exeter, 1840-42; assistant organist of Leeds Parish Church, 1842; St. Paul’s, Leeds; Tiverton Parish Church, c1845; in Daventry; Northampton; organist of St. George’s, Leeds, 1850-80; Leeds Town Hall, 1860-97. Founded and conducted the Leeds Madrigal and Motet Society; the Peoples Concerts; editor of the “Organist Quarterly Journal”. Composed an oratorio, cantatas, anthems, services, organ pieces, songs, &c. Brother of Edward J. Spark. b. Exeter, England, Oct. 28th, 1823; d. Leeds, June 16th, 1897.
Stanford, SirCharles Villiers. B.A. (Cantab, 1874), D.C.L. (Durham), M.A. (Cantab, 1877), Hon.Mus.D. (Oxon, 1883), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1888), F.R.C.O., knighted, 1903. Pupil of Arthur O’Leary (composition) and Sir Robert P. Stewart (composition); studied in London with Ernst Pauer (piano); in Leipzig with Dr Karl Reinecke, 1875-76; and Berlin with Friedrich Kiel. Organ scholar of Queens College, Cambridge, 1870; organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1873-92. Professor of composition at the Royal College of Music, London, 1883; professor of music at Cambridge University, 1887-1924; conducted the Cambridge Amateur Vocal Guild; the Cambridge University Musical Society, 1873-93; Bach Choir, 1885-1903; the Leeds Philharmonic Society, 1897-; the Leeds Festival, 1903. Elected Corresponding Member of the Société des Compositeurs de Musique, Paris, 1892. Composed symphonies, oratorios, operas, cantatas, odes, incidental music, church music, orchestral music, chamber music, organ pieces, songs, piano pieces, &c. b. Dublin, Ireland, Sep. 30th, 1852; d. Marylebone, London, England, Mar. 29th, 1924.
Six Short Preludes & Postludes (set 1) (1. in F; 2. in G minor; 3. in E flat; 4. in F; 5. in G - founded on an old Irish church melody - “Innocents”; 6. in E flat - founded on an old Irish church melody - “St. Columba”)
Six Short Preludes & Postludes (set 2) (1. in F on a theme by Organo Gibbons - ”Song 34”; 2. in G on a theme by Orlando Gibbons – “Song 22”; 3. in G; 4. in D minor on a theme of Orgando Gibbons - “Song 24”; 5. in E flat – Trio; 6. in D)
West, John Ebenezer William. F.R.A.M., F.R.C.O. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under Sir Frederick Bridge (organ) and Dr Ebenezer Prout. Organist of St. Mary’s, Berkeley Square, London, 1884-91; South Hackney Parish Church, 1891-97; All Saints’, London; St. Augustine’s, Queen’s Gate, London, 1898-1902. Musical staff member of Novellos, 1885; musical advisor there, 1897; editor of Novello’s Old English Organ Series. Composed cantatas, services, anthems, incidental music, organ pieces songs, &c. Son of William West; nephew of Dr Ebenezer Prout. b. South Hackney, London, England, Dec. 7th, 1863; d. Westminster, London, Feb. 28th, 1929.
Two Hymn Tune Preludes (1. Prelude on Sulivan’s Tune “Fatherland” (“We are but strangers here”); 2. Prelude on Dykes’ Tune “Requiescat” (“Now the labourer’s task is o’er”))
Whitlock, Percy William. Chorister at Rochester Cathedral, 1911-18; studied at the King’s School, Rochester; the Guildhall School of Music, London; the Royal College of Music, London, under Sir Charles V. Stanford, Dr Ralph Vaughan Williamsand Sir W. H. Harris. Assistant organist of Rochester Cathedral, 1921-30; organist of Chatham Parish Church, 1924-28; Borstal Church, Rochester, 1929-30; St. Stephen’s, Bournemouth, 1930-35; borough organist at the Municipal Pavilion, Bournemouth, 1932-46. b. Chatham, England, June 1st, 1903; d. Bournemouth, May 1st, 1946.
Woods, Francis Cunningham. B.A. (Oxon, 1889), M.A. (Oxon, 1890), Mus.B. (Oxon, 1891), F.R.C.O. Studied at the National Training School, Kensington, London, 1877-80, under Sir Arthur Sullivan and Dr Ebenezer Prout. Organist of Brasenose College, Oxford, 1884-86; organ scholar of Exeter College, Oxford, 1887-95; organist to the Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim, 1891-94; of Highgate School, London, 1896-. Conducted the Finsbury Choral Association, 1897-1901; music teacher. Composed orchestral music, anthems, services, songs, &c. b. St. Pancras, London, England, Aug. 29th, 1862; d. London, Sep. 21st, 1929.
Yon, Pietro Alessandro. Studied in Ivrea with Burbatti; at the Royal Conservatory, Milan, under Polibio Fumagalli; the Turin Conservatory under Venezia (piano), Roberto Remondi (organ) and Bolzoni (composition), 1901-04; the St. Cecilia Academy, Rome, under Remigio Renzi (organ), Sqambati (piano), Bustini (piano) and de Sanctis (theory and composition), 1904. Assistant organist of St. Peter’s, Rome, 1905-07; organist of St. Francis-Xavier’s, New York City, U.S.A., 1907-19, 1921-26; St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City, 1926-43. Moved to New York, U.S.A.,1907. Composed a mass, motets, songs, organ pieces, &c. Brother of S. Constantino Yon. b. Settimo-Vittone, Italy, Aug. 8th, 1886; d. Huntington, New York, U.S.A., Nov. 22nd, 1943.