List of musicians at English cathedrals explained
The following list contains information about organists at Church of England cathedrals in England.
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
Organists at St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham have included composers Charles John Blood Meacham, Richard Yates Mander and Rupert Jeffcoat.
Directors of Music
Assistant Organists
Blackburn Cathedral
Notable organists at Blackburn Cathedral have included Charles Hylton Stewart, John Bertalot and Gordon Stewart.
Directors of Music
Organist in Residence
- 2022- John Hosking (formerly Director of Music, Holy Trinity, Southport)
Assistant Directors of Music
- Justin Waters
- James Thomas
- Benjamin Saunders
- Robert Costin
- David Goodenough
- Tim Cooke
- 2000–2006 Greg Morris
- 2006–2012 James Davy
- 2012–2021 Shaun Turnbull
Bradford Cathedral
Organists at Bradford Cathedral have included the following.
Organist and Master of the Choristers
- 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
- 2012–2016 Alexander Woodrow
- 2017– 2023 Alexander Berry
- 2023 - Graham Thorpe (Interim Organist and Director of Music)
Cathedral Organist
Sub-Organist & Assistant Director of Music
- 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
Bristol Cathedral
Organists at Bristol Cathedral have included the writer and composer Percy Buck and the conductor Malcolm Archer.
Organists
- 1542 Thomas Denny
- 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
- 1856–1860 John Barrett
- 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
Organists and Assistant Organists at Canterbury Cathedral have included composers Clement Charlton Palmer, Gerald Hocken Knight and Philip Moore and musical directors Sidney Campbell, Allan Wicks and Stephen Darlington.[3] [4]
Organists
Assistant Organists
- 1836 William Henry Longhurst
- 1873 John Browning Lott
- 1875 Yoku Myles Bossman
- 1884 Herbert Austin Fricker
- 1892 J. Sterndale Grundy
- 1906 W. T. Harvey
- 1909 Frank Charles Butcher
- 1918 Rene Soames[5]
- 1926 ?
- 1936 Henry Frank Cole
- 1938 ?
- 1953 John Malcolm Tyler
- 1956 Gwilym Isaac
- 1964 Stephen Crisp
- 1968 Philip Moore
- 1974 Stephen Darlington
- 1978 David Flood
- 1986 Michael Harris
- 1997 Timothy Noon
- 2001 Matthew Martin
- 2005 Robert Patterson
- 2008 John Robinson
- 2010 Simon Lawford (acting)
- 2011 David Newsholme
- 2020 Adrian Bawtree (acting)
- 2022 Jamie Rogers
Second Assistant Organists
- 2015 Adrian Bawtree
- 2020 Jamie Rogers (acting)
- 2022 Adrian Bawtree
- 2022 Robin Walker
Carlisle Cathedral
Notable organists at Carlisle Cathedral have included the composer, astronomer and mathematician Thomas Greatorex and founder of the Royal School of Church Music, Sir Sydney Nicholson.
Organists
Assistant Organists
Chelmsford Cathedral
Notable organists at Chelmsford Cathedral have included Stanley Vann and Philip Ledger.
Masters of the Music
Assistant Organists
- Geoffrey Becket
- 1963 John Jordan
- 1966 Peter Cross
- 1968 David Sparrow
- 1986 Timothy Allen
- 1991 Neil Weston
Assistant Directors of Music
Chester Cathedral
Notable organists of Chester Cathedral include the composers Robert White and John Sanders and the recording artist Roger Fisher.[8] [9]
Organists
Assistant Organists
- 1857 Mr. Munns
- 1872–1876 Herbert Stephen Irons[9]
- 1876–1877 Joseph Cox Bridge (then organist)
- ????–1890 John Gumi
- 1893–1925 John Thomas Hughes (then organist)
- 1925–1926 Guillaume Ormond (later organist of Truro Cathedral)[9]
- 1934–1944 James Roland Middleton (later organist of Chelmsford Cathedral)[9]
- 1944–1947 George Guest (later organist of St John's College, Cambridge)
- 1955–1960 Brian Runnett (later organist of Norwich Cathedral)
- 1960–1962 Peter Gilbert White
- 1962–1967 Harold Hullah
- 1967–1971 John Belcher
- 1971–1974 John Cooper Green
- 1974-1976 Gwyn Hodgson
- 1976–1978 John Keys
- 1978–1980 Simon Russell
- 1980–1984 Martin Singleton
- 1984–1986 David Holroyd
- 1986–1989 Lee Ward
- 1989–1998 Graham Eccles
- 1998–2002 Benjamin Saunders
- 2003–2008 Philip Rushforth (later organist)
- 2008–2011 Ian Roberts
- 2011–2016 Benjamin Chewter
- 2016–2020 Andrew Wyatt
- 2020 – present Alexander Lanigan-Palotai[10]
- 2023 – present Daniel Mathieson [10]
Chichester Cathedral
Notable organists at Chichester Cathedral have included composer Thomas Weelkes and conductors John Birch and Nicholas Cleobury.
Until 1801, there were two distinct posts, 'Organist' and 'Master of the Choristers', which were merged upon the appointment of James Target. Since the mid-nineteenth century, there has existed the role of Assistant Organist. Currently, the 'Organist and Master of the Choristers' is responsible for the direction of the choir and cathedral liturgy, and the 'Assistant Organist' accompanies the choir.
The sacking of Chichester 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.
Organists and Masters of the Choristers
Organist (1545–1801)
Master of the Choristers (1550s – 1801)
Organist and Master of the Choristers (1801 – present)
Assistant Organists
Precentors
Coventry Cathedral
This list details only those who have held positions in the new Coventry Cathedral.
Directors of Music
Assistant Organists
- 1960 Martyn Lane
- 1962 Michael Burnett
- 1964 Robert George Weddle (then Organist)
- 1972 J Richard Lowry
- 1976 Ian Little (then Organist)
- 1977 Paul Leddington Wright (then Organist)
- 1984 Timothy Hone
- 1988 Chris Argent (then Shrewsbury School)
- 1990 David Poulter (then Director of Music; later Director of Music at Liverpool Cathedral)
- 1995–2002 Daniel Moult
- 2004 Alistair Reid
- 2011–2013 Laurence Lyndon-Jones (to Chelmsford Cathedral)
- 2018–2020 Rachel Mahon (then Director of Music)
Derby Cathedral
Notable organists at Derby Cathedral have included Arthur Claypole and Wallace Ross.
Organists
Assistant Organists
- (Alfred) Samuel (Wensley) Baker
- Celyn Kingsbury
- Rodney Tomkins
- 1985 Tom Corfield
- 2017 Edward Turner
Durham Cathedral
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
Sub-Organists
Assistant Organists
- 2009–2011 Oliver Brett
- 2011–2015 David Ratnanayagam
Ely Cathedral
Organists of Ely Cathedral have included the composers Basil Harwood and Arthur Wills.
Organists
Assistant Organists
- ????-1857 Mr. Bailey (afterwards organist of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry)
- ????-1865 William J. Kempton
- George Legge
- William George Price (later organist to the City of Melbourne)
- 1903–1906 Frederick Chubb [15]
- 1906–1909 Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks
- 1911–1915 Edwin Alec Collins[15]
- 1927–1929 Guillaume Ormond[15] (afterwards organist of Truro Cathedral)
- William Bean
- 1939 C. P. R. Wilson
- 1945–1949 Russell Missin
- 1949–1958 Arthur Wills (later organist)
- 1958–1961 Christopher Scarf
- 1961–1964 Michael Dudman
- 1964–1966 Anthony Greening
- 1968–1972 Roger Judd (afterwards Master of the Music at St Michael's College, Tenbury)
- 1973–1976 Gerald Gifford
- 1977–1989 Stephen Le Prevost
- 1989–1991 Jeremy Filsell
- 1991–1996 David Price (now organist at Portsmouth Cathedral)
- 1996–1998 Sean Farrell
- 1999–2002 Scott Farrell
- 2002 Jonathan Lilley (now Director of Music at Waltham Abbey)
- 2013 Edmund Aldhouse
- 2019 Glen Dempsey
- 2024 Jeremy Lloyd
Directors of the Girl Choristers
Assistant Organists of the Girls' Choir/Graduate Organ Scholars
- 2006–2008 Edward Taylor (now Assistant Organist at Carlisle Cathedral)
- 2008–2012 Oliver Hancock (now Director of Music at St Mary's Warwick)
- 2012–2014 Alexander Berry (then Director of Music at Bradford Cathedral now Director of Music at Great St Mary's, Cambridge)
- 2015–2017 Alexander Goodwin (now at St John's School Leatherhead as Head of Music Performance & Choral Music)
- 2017–2021 Aaron Shilson (now Assistant Director of Music at Llandaff Cathedral)
- 2021–2023 Jack Wilson (Graduate Organ Scholar, now Organist and Master of Music at Belfast Cathedral)
- 2023–present Stanley Godfrey
Exeter Cathedral
Notable organists at Exeter Cathedral include composer and hymn writer Samuel Sebastian Wesley, educator Sir Ernest Bullock and conductor Sir Thomas Armstrong.
Organists / Directors of Music
Assistant Organists (Organist from 1999)
- 1856 H. G. Halfyard
- 1861–1870 W. Pinney
- 1861?–1868 Graham Clarke (later organist of St Andrew's, Plymouth)[16]
- ????–1880? Edward Ellis Vinnicombe
- 1881–1889 Ernest Slater
- Frederick Gandy Bradford[17]
- ????–1898 Walter Hoyle[18] (later organist of Coventry Cathedral)
- 1900–1906 Revd Arnold Duncan Culley[19]
- 1906–1918 F. J. Pinn
- 1919–1927 Ernest Bullock[20] (later organist here, subsequently knighted and Organist of Westminster Abbey)
- 1929–1937 William Harry Gabb[21] (later Organist of H.M. Chapels Royal & Sub Organist at St Paul's Cathedral, London)
- 1937–1940 John Norman Hind
- 1945–1946 John Norman Hind
- 1946– Edgar S. Landen
- 1950–1955 Howard Stephens[22]
- 1956–1961 Stuart Marston Smith
- 1961–1969 Christopher Gower (later Master of the Music at Peterborough Cathedral)
- 1969–2010 Paul Morgan (titled 'Organist' in 1999)
Assistant Directors of Music
- 2010 David Davies
- 2016 Timothy Parsons
- 2021 James Anderson-Besant
- 2023 Michael Stephens-Jones
Assistant Organists
- 1994–2016 Stephen Tanner (Assistant Organist)
Gloucester Cathedral
Notable among the organists of Gloucester Cathedral are Samuel Sebastian Wesley (his final cathedral appointment) and composers and choral conductors of the Three Choirs Festival, Sir Arthur Herbert Brewer, Herbert Sumsion and John Sanders.
Organists
The known organists of the cathedral are listed below. In modern times, the most senior post has become known as Director of Music; only these names are recorded here.
Assistant Organists
Guildford Cathedral
Organists at Guildford Cathedral have included choral director Barry Rose and the composer Philip Moore.
Organists
Sub-Organists
- 1927–1940 Walter William Lionel Baker[29]
- 1954–???? Harry Taylor
- 1960-1961 Roger Moffatt
- 1961-1962 Gordon Mackie
- 1962–1965 Peter Moorse
- 1965-1970 Gavin Williams
- 1970–1977 Anthony Froggatt (later Organist of Portsmouth Cathedral)
- 1977–1989 Peter Wright (later Organist of Southwark Cathedral)
- 1989–2002 Geoffrey Morgan (later Organist of Christchurch Priory)
- 2002–2003 Louise Reid (later Director of Ely Cathedral Girls' Choir)
- 2003–2009 David Davies (later Assistant Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral)
- 2009–2017 Paul Provost (later Rector Chori of Southwell Minster)
- 2017–2023 Richard Moore
- 2023 – present Asher Oliver
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
Assistant Organists
Leicester Cathedral
Notable organists at Leicester Cathedral have included Gordon Slater and Jonathan Gregory.
Organists and Directors of Music
- Richard Hobbs (to 1753) (afterwards organist St Martin in the Bull Ring)[34]
- William Boulton (to 1765)[35]
- Anthony Greatorex 1765 – c. 1772 (father of Thomas Greatorex, who became organist at Westminster Abbey)[35]
- Martha Greatorex 1772–1800 (daughter of Anthony Greatorex)[35]
- Sarah Valentine 1800–1843 (sister of Ann Valentine, who was organist at St Margaret's Church, Leicester)[36]
- 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
- Frederick William Dickerson
- Dennis Arnold Smith 1918
- Stanley Vann 1932 (subsequently Master of the Music at Peterborough Cathedral 1953–1977)
- Thomas Bates Wilkinson 1933[37]
- 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 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
Notable organists of Lichfield Cathedral include the 17th-century composer Michael East, and the musical educator and choral conductor Sir William Henry Harris who conducted at the coronations of both Elizabeth II and George VI
Organists
- 1618 Michael East
- 1638 Henry Hinde
- 1662 Mr Lamb (Snr)
- 1688 Mr Lamb (Jnr)
- 1723 George Lamb III
- 1750 John Alcock
- 1766 William Brown
- 1807 Samuel Spofforth
- 1864 Thomas Bedsmore
- 1881 John Browning Lott
- 1925 Ambrose P. Porter
- 1959 Richard Greening
- 1978 Jonathan Rees-Williams
- 1992 Andrew Lumsden
- 2002 Philip Scriven
- 2010 Martyn Rawles
This post was restructured in September 2010.
Directors of Music
- 2010 Ben and Cathy Lamb
- 2016 Ben Lamb
Assistant Organists
This post was restructured in September 2010.
Lincoln Cathedral
Notable organists of Lincoln Cathedral have included the Renaissance composers William Byrd and John Reading and the biographer of Mendelssohn, William Thomas Freemantle.
Organists
- 1439 John Ingleton
- 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[41]
- 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
Assistant Organists
Articled pupils fulfilled the role of assistant organist until 1893 when the Chapter formalised the position of assistant organist.
- ????–1594 John Hilton
- 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[42] (later organist of St Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne)
- Richard Winter
- 1870 William Thomas Freemantle[43] (later organist of St. Andrew's Church, Sharrow[44])
- ????–1881 Edwin Charles Owston[45] (later organist of St. Andrew's Church, Derby)
- ????–1882 Ernest Wood
- William Rose Pullein
- 1893–1894 Frank Pullein[46] (later organist of St Giles' Church, Wrexham[47])
- 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
- 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[48]
- 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
Liverpool Cathedral
Notable organists at Liverpool Cathedral have included Edgar Robinson and Ian Tracey.
Directors of Music of Liverpool Cathedral
- 1910–1916 Frederick Hampton Burstall (of the Lady Chapel)[49]
- 1924–1947 Edgar Cyril Robinson
- 1947–1982 Ronald Woan
- 2017–2021 Lee Ward
- 2021-current Stephen Mannings
Organists of Liverpool Cathedral
- 1910–1916 Frederick Hampton Burstall (of the Lady Chapel)[49]
- 1916–1955 Walter Henry Goss-Custard [50]
London, St Paul's Cathedral
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
Sub-Organists and Assistant Organists
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[51]
Assistant Sub-Organists and Sub-Organists
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
The title of Almoner was abolished in 1872,[52] 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 –
- 1977–1984 Barry Rose 1977–1984 (Master of the Choir)
In 1990 the post was re-united with that of Organist under John Scott
Some notable Choristers and Vicars Choral
- 16th century
- 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
Notable organists at Manchester Cathedral have included Frederick Bridge and Sydney Nicholson.
Organists
Assistant organists
Newcastle Cathedral
Notable organists at Newcastle Cathedral have included Charles Avison and Colin Ross.
Organists
- 1687 Samuel Nichols
- 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
Director of the Girls Choir and Sub-Organist
- 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[58]
- 2010–2012 David Stevens (later Organist and Master of the Choristers at Belfast Cathedral, and Sub-Assistant Organist at Wells Cathedral)[59]
Assistant Director of Music
- 2012–2015 James Norrey (became Assistant Sub-Organist at Rochester Cathedral)
- 2015 Kris Thomsett
Organ Scholar
Norwich Cathedral
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
Assistant Organists
Oxford, Christ Church
First among the notable organists of Christ Church, Oxford is the Renaissance composer John Taverner. Other significant composers and conductors are Basil Harwood, Sir William Henry Harris, Sir Thomas Armstrong, Sydney Watson, Francis Grier, Simon Preston and Nicholas Cleobury.
Organists
Sub-Organists
Assistant Organist (1753–1990)
Sub-Organist (1990–present)
Precentors
Peel Cathedral (Isle of Man)
Organists at Peel Cathedral have included the following.
Organists and Choirmasters
- 1983 Mike Porter
- 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
- 2008 Donald Roworth
- 2012 Peter Litman[64]
Associate Organist
- 2018–present Stuart Corrie
Peterborough Cathedral
Notable organists of Peterborough Cathedral have included Stanley Vann, Sir Malcolm Sargent and Sir Thomas Armstrong.
Masters of the Music
Tansy Castledine is to be new Director of Music - Peterborough Cathedral
Assistant Masters of the Music
- Samuel Round
- 1895 George Pattman
- 1900–1902 H. M. Goodacre[65]
- 1902–1903 Arthur Griffin Claypole[66]
- 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[67]
- 1930–1931 J. Durham Holl
- 1932–? R. Shield
- ca. 1938 Derek John Clare
- ca. 1938 Desmond Swinburn
- 1950–1953 John Malcolm Tyler[68] (later Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral)
- 1954–1955 Philip Joseph Lank (later Organist of St Wulfram's Church, Grantham)
- 1956–1959 Malcolm Ernest Cousins[69] (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
Organists at Plymouth Cathedral have included the following.
Organists & Directors of Music
- 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
- 1996–1998 Brian Apperson (formerly Director of Music at St Augustine's, Kilburn, London NW6)
Organists
- 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
Notable organists at Portsmouth Cathedral have included Adrian Lucas and David Price.
Organists
- 1927 Hugh Burry
- 1933 T. H. Newboult
- 1944 John Davison
- 1959 Maxwell Menzies
- 1964 Peter Stevenson
- 1968 Christopher Gower
- 1977 Anthony Froggatt
- 1990 Adrian Lucas
- 1996 David Price
Sub-Organists
- 1930 Mr Pease
- 1963 Hugh Davis
- 1978 David Thorne
- 1999 Rosemary Field
- 2005 Marcus Wibberley
- 2012 Oliver Hancock
- 2018 Sachin Gunga
Ripon Cathedral
Notable organists of Ripon Cathedral have included composers Charles Harry Moody and Ronald Edward Perrin.
Organists
- 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[70]
- 1799 William F. M. Ayrton (elder son)
- 1802 Nicholas T. D. Ayrton (younger son)
- 1823 John Henry Bond
- 1829 George Bates
- 1874 Edwin John Crow
- 1902 Dr Charles Harry Moody, (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[71]
Assistant Organists/Assistant Directors of Music
- Edward Brown[72]
- 1876–1881 Henry Taylor[73]
- ???? J. William-Render[74]
- William Rains
- William Edward Cave
- Edgar Alfred Lane
- ????-1887 Herbert Arthur Wheeldon[75]
- 1887–1890 Charles Morton Bailey
- Edgar Watson
- ca. 1908 C. Richards[76]
- David Lamb
- 1925–1927 Leonard Bagguley[77] [78] (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[79]
- 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
Among the composers, conductors and concert performers who have been organists at Rochester Cathedral are Bertram Luard-Selby, Harold Aubie Bennett, Percy Whitlock and William Whitehead.
Organists
Assistant Organists
Cathedral Organists
Assistant Sub-Organists
- 2015 Ben Bloor
- 2016–2018 James Norrey
St Albans Cathedral
The posts of organist and master of the music at St Albans Cathedral have been held by a number of well-known musicians, including Peter Hurford, Stephen Darlington and Barry Rose. Andrew Lucas is the current Master of the Music.[81] Since 1963 the cathedral has been home to the St Albans International Organ Festival, winners of which include Dame Gillian Weir, Thomas Trotter and Naji Hakim.
Organists
- 1302 Adam
- 1498 Robert Fayrfax
- 1529 Henry Besteney
- 1820 Thomas Fowler
- 1831 Edwin Nicholls
- 1833 Thomas Fowler
- 1837 Thomas Brooks
- 1846 John Brooks
- 1855 William Simmons
- 1858 John Stocks Booth
- 1880 George Gaffe
- 1907 Willie Lewis Luttman
- 1930 Cuthbert E. Osmond
- 1937 Albert Charles Tysoe
- 1947 Meredith Davies
- 1951 Claude Peter Primrose Burton
- 1957 Peter Hurford
- 1978 Stephen Darlington
- 1985 Colin Walsh
- 1988 Barry Rose
- 1998 Andrew Lucas
Assistant Organists
- 1908–1909 John Cawley[82]
- 1921–1930 George C. Straker
- 1936–1939 Sydney John Barlow[83]
- 1945–1951 Frederick Carter
- 1951–1970 John Henry Freeman[84]
- 1970–1975 Simon Lindley
- 1972-1973 Anthony Jennings[85]
- 1975–1976 John Clough
- 1976–2001 Andrew Parnell
- 2001–2008 Simon Johnson (later Assistant Director of Music St Paul's Cathedral)
- 2008–present Tom Winpenny
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
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
- 1760 Mr Nair
- 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
- 1867–1877 B Fearnside
- 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
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
Assistant Organists
Sheffield Cathedral
Notable organists at Sheffield Cathedral have included Edwin Lemare and Reginald Tustin Baker.
Organists and Directors of Music
Assistant Directors of Music
- 2013 Joshua Hales
- 2018 James Kealey (Interim)
- 2018 Joshua Stephens
- 2020 Ian Seddon
Assistant Master of the Music
- 1992–1995 Tim Horton
- 1995–1999 Chris Betts
- 1999 Mark Pybus
- 1999–2005 Peter Heginbotham
- 2005–2012 Anthony Gowing
Sub Organists
- ?–1976 Hubert Stafford
- 1975-1979 David G Read
- 1979–1985 Paul Parsons
- 1989–1992 Martin Colton
Southwark Cathedral
Among the organists of Southwark Cathedral are Edgar Tom Cook, known for his lunchtime organ broadcasts on the BBC, and the organ designer and noted teacher Ralph Downes.
Organists
Assistant Organists
- F. Stanley Winter
- 1908–1917 Charles Edgar Ford
- 1917–1922 Francis W. Sutton
- 1922 J.C. Bradshaw 1922
- 1923–1925 Ralph William Downes (later Organist of the London Oratory, Brompton, organ consultant and designer, including designer and curator of the Royal Festival Hall organ)
- 1934–1935 Philip Miles
- 1936 Ernest F.A. Suttle
- 1937–1954 Ernest Herbert Warrell[92]
- 1955–1956 William Allen Humpherson[93]
- 1957–1959 Denys Darlow
- 1959–1962 John Flower, Alan Dance, John Oxlade
- 1962–1970 Arthur Newell
- 1971–1974 Christopher Jenkins
- 1975–1978 Nicholas Woods
- 1978–1985 John Scott
- 1985–1988 Andrew Lumsden
- 1988–1997 Stephen Layton
- 1997 Stephen Disley
Southwell Minster
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
Organists
Assistant Organists:
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
The Diocese of Truro was established in 1876 and Truro Cathedral was consecrated in 1887. The parish church of St Mary the Virgin occupied the site before the cathedral was built, and had an organ: its organists included Charles William Hempel and his son Charles Frederick Hempel.
Organists and Masters of the Choristers
Assistant Organists
Wakefield Cathedral
Organist of Wakefield Cathedral have included the following.
Organists
- 1886 Joseph Naylor Hardy
- 1930–1945 Newell Smith Wallbank
- 1945–1970 Percy George Saunders
- 1970–2010 Jonathan Bielby
- 2010–2020 Thomas Moore
- 2020–2021 James Bowstead (Acting)
- 2021- 2022 Ed Jones
- 2023 - James Bowstead
Assistant Organists
- 1896–1900 William Frederick Dunnill[102]
- 1961–1971 John Holt
- 1975–1983 Peter David Gould
- 1983–1985 Gareth Green[103]
- 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
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,[104] which was enlarged in 1786,[105] and again rebuilt in 1855, a substantial early work of 'Father' Henry Willis.[106] 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),[107] and this has been maintained by the same company since.[108]
Organists
- 1416–1418 Walter Bagele (or Vageler)[109]
- 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[110]
- 2020–2022 Jeremy Cole (acting Organist and Master of the Choristers since 2017)
- 2023–present Alexander Hamilton (Acting Director of Music)
Assistant Organists
Sub-Assistant Organists
Winchester Cathedral
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
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"
Assistant Organists
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)[116]
- 1863–?? Thomas Somerford
- ????-1869 E.H. Birch
- 1876 Charles Lee Williams (later Organist of Llandaff Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral)[117]
- William Prendergast (later Organist)
- 1898–?? Alfred Ernest Floyd
- E. Gilbert
- 1902–1904 Louis H. Torr[118]
- 1906 George C. Macklin[119]
- 1906–1913 Howard Roscoe Eady[120]
- 1908–?? James Frederick Parsons [121]
- Henry William Radford[122]
- 1912–1921 Henry William Stubbington[123] (later Organist of St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham)
- 1919 Hilda Bird[124]
- Horace Hawkins (later organist of Chichester Cathedral)
- W. Brennand Smith[125]
- Cyril John Tucker Fogwell
- Gillian Skottowe (now Gillian Earl)
- 1958–1967 Graham Hedley Matthews (later Organist of Sheffield Cathedral)
- 1967–?? Clement McWilliam[126] [127]
- 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) [128]
- 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)[128]
- 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)[129]
- 2017- Claudia Grinnell (Assistant Organist 2017-2021) (Sub Organist 2021-)[130]
- 2022- Joshua Stephens (Sub Organist) [130]
Worcester Cathedral
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)
Assistant Organists (and Assistant Directors of Music from 2012)
Sub-Assistant Organists (and Voluntary Choir Choirmasters)
- 2007–2008 Simon Bertram
- 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
- 1981–2021 John Wilderspin[133]
York Minster
Among the notable organists of York Minster are four members of the Camidge family who served as cathedral organists for over 100 years, and a number of composers including James Nares, Edwin George Monk, John Naylor, Thomas Tertius Noble and Francis Jackson.
Organists
The organists of York Minster have had several official titles, including "Master of the Music"; the job description roughly equates to that of Organist and Master of the Choristers. They will have an Assistant Organist, who may be titled simply "Organist".The names of Organists prior to 1633 have been copied from the list of Organists of York Minster on the wall of the North Transept.
Assistant Organists
Assisting Organists
- 2016–2018 Jeremy Lloyd
- 2018–2020 Christopher Strange
- 2021–2023 Asher Oliver (Assistant Organist)
- 2023–Present Adam Wilson
See also
Notes and References
- Blackburn Standard – Saturday 18 February 1882
- The Musical Times. 1 December 1900
- Toby Huitson, The Organs of Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury: Cathedral Enterprises, Ltd., 2001. .
- Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Bournemouth: Logan; p. 276.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 197.
- Who's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p. 31.
- http://www.ianhare.org.uk Ian Hare
- Cathedral Organists. John E West. 1899.
- The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw. 1991.
- Web site: Who's Who. Chester Cathedral.
- Obituary, Musical Times, Vol. 59, No. 900 (February 1918), p. 68
- Scholes, Percy A. (1970) The Oxford Companion to Music, 10th ed. London: Oxford U. P.; p. 468a (he destroyed some of his own anthems, but those that survive are still sung).
- Scholes, Percy A. (1970) The Oxford Companion to Music, 10th ed. London: Oxford U. P.; p. 123b.
- He composed the service Farrant in D minor. Scholes, Percy A. (1970) The Oxford Companion to Music; 10th ed. London: Oxford University Press; p. 347.
- Who's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p. 44.
- The Western Times, 6 July 1861, p. 5; Sherborne Mercury, 29 March 1864, p. 4; The Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 1 September 1865, p. 7; Trewman’s Exeter Flying Post, 9 September 1868, p. 5.
- Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Bournemouth: Logan; p. 252.
- Thornsby (1912); p. 291.
- Thornsby (1912); p. 265.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 30.
- News: William Harry Gabb . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130819143515/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n13975654 . 19 August 2013 .
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 201.
- Web site: New Director of Music Announced. Gloucester Cathedral website. Dean and Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral. 8 May 2007. 11 October 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070923012914/http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/news.asp?id=95&page=1 . 23 September 2007.
- Gloucester Citizen – Saturday 13 October 1906.
- Simmons (1962) Who's who in music and musicians' international directory p. 168.
- Simmons (1962) Who's who in music and musicians' international directory p. 45.
- Gloucester Citizen – Friday 5 January 1945.
- News: Kenneth. Shenton. John Sanders. https://web.archive.org/web/20090226051852/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-sanders-549173.html. dead. 26 February 2009. Obituaries. The Independent. 31 December 2003. 16 January 2009.
- Who's Who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p. 12.
- Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Bournemouth: Logan; p. 302.
- Thornsby (1912); p. 292.
- Thornsby (1912); p. 257.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 180.
- News: . Birmingham Organists . . England . 13 April 1939 . 18 January 2017 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
- Leicester's Lady Organists, 1770–1800 . Kroeger . Karl . Summer 2008 . CHOMBEC News . 5 . 9–10 . Centre for the History of Music in Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth . Bristol .
- Encyclopedia: Kroeger . Karl . Sadie . Stanley . New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Valentine, John . 2001 . Macmillan . 26 . London . 0-333-60800-3 . 207–8 .
- Who's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p.229
- The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture By W. J. McCormack, Patrick Gillan.
- Web site: Lichfield Cathedral Choir Personnel Introduction . Cathedralchoir.org.uk . 20 January 2012.
- Web site: Peter Rhodes . Alex to play concert swansong « Express & Star . Expressandstar.com . 28 April 2007 . 20 January 2012.
- Book: A History of Lincoln Minster. 1994. 9780521254298. 74. CUP Archive . Dorothy Owen.
- Lincolnshire Chronicle – Friday 1 January 1864.
- Lincolnshire Chronicle – Friday 9 December 1870.
- Lincolnshire Chronicle – Friday 20 October 1871.
- Derby Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 29 March 1881.
- Lincolnshire Chronicle – Friday 20 January 1893.
- Lincolnshire Chronicle – Tuesday 18 December 1894.
- Who's Who in Music. First Post War Edition. 1949–50.
- Liverpool Daily Post 3 August 1916, p4
- Liverpool Daily Post 15 December 1916, p1
- Web site: Cathedral Musicians - St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK . 13 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141022061300/http://www.stpauls.co.uk/Worship-Music/Choir-Musicians/Cathedral-Musicians . 22 October 2014 .
- Book: Prestige, George. St Paul's in its glory. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1955. London. 156.
- Web site: Biographical Dictionary of the Organ William Bayley. 22 February 2022. www.organ-biography.info.
- . Bumpus . John S.. THE ORGANISTS AND COMPOSERS OF S. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL . Musical Standard . 38 . 1327 . 4 January 1890 . 4 .
- Crotchet . Dotted . St. Paul's Cathedral (Concluded) . The Musical Times . 1907 . 48 . 769 . 155–163 . 10.2307/905028 . 905028 .
- Web site: Norman Cocker - Manchester Cathedral. cdmnet.org.
- The Organ. Volume XX. 1941
- Web site: Austin Gunn. Trinity Laban.
- http://www.stnicholascathedral.co.uk/the-cathedral-team.aspx Newcastle cathedral website, list of staff
- Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Bournemouth: Logan; p. 267.
- Thornsby (1912); p. 286.
- Thornsby (1912); p. 271.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 4.
- Web site: Peel Cathedral. Friends of Cathedral Music. 12 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160805173640/http://www.fcm.org.uk/Find_Cathedrals/England/Cathedrals/Peel.html. 5 August 2016. dead.
- Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Bournemouth: Logan; p. 279.
- Thornsby (1912); p. 259.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 69.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 216.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 47.
- Ayrton, Edmund. Squire. William Barclay. William Barclay Squire. 02.
- "Welcome Dr. Ronny Krippner, Our New Director of Music", Ripon Cathedral, 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Bournemouth: Logan; p. 254.
- Thornsby (1912); p. 337.
- Glasgow Herald 4 July 1888.
- Derby Mercury, 2 February 1887.
- [Lichfield Mercury]
- Nottingham Evening Post 27 July 1925.
- Western Morning News 16 December 1927.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 202.
- Dictionary of Organs and Organists p. 252.
- http://www.stalbansbachchoir.org.uk/andrewlucas.htm Andrew Lucas (St Albans Bach Choir)
- Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Bournemouth: Logan; p. 257.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 14.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 243.
- J.M. Thomson. Jennings, Anthony. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42592. 20 January 2001.
- Organist of Ely Cathedral, 1567–72; he composed the service Farrant in D minor. Scholes, Percy A. (1970) The Oxford Companion to Music; 10th ed. London: Oxford University Press; p. 347.
- Book: Fellowes, Edmund H. . Edmund Fellowes . 1951 . 29 . Orlando Gibbons and His Family: The Last of the Tudor School of Musicians . 2nd . Archon Books . 978-0-208-00848-0 . registration .
- Scholes; p. 908.
- Scholes; pp. 483, 908.
- Thornsby, Frederick W., ed. (1912) Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Bournemouth: Logan; p. 258.
- Who's Who in Music; 4th ed. 1962; p. 212.
- Who's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p. 224.
- Who's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p. 244.
- Sheffield Independent – Saturday 19 January 1861.
- News: . A Well Known Derby Musician . Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal . England . 17 June 1910 . 3 June 2017 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
- Grantham Journal – Saturday 18 January 1868.
- Derby Daily Telegraph – Wednesday 27 May 1885.
- Book: Thornsby, Frederick . 1921. Dictionary of organs and organists. Geo Aug Mate and Son, 150 Fleet Street, London .
- Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912.
- Derby Daily Telegraph – Friday 4 January 1918.
- News: . Mr. Cecil Wyer . Nottingham Journal . England . 4 September 1919 . 2 June 2017 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
- 20th Century Cathedral Organists. Enid Bird
- http://ebasic.easily.co.uk/00C031/02E006/adj08-music.htm Horsforth Music Festival 2008
- Web site: Somerset, Wells Cathedral of St. Andrew, Dean & Chapter Of Wells N0 6890. 11 February 2008 . National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR).
- Web site: Somerset, Wells Cathedral of St. Andrew, Dean & Chapter Of Wells N06890. 11 February 2008 . National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR).
- Web site: Somerset, Wells Cathedral of St. Andrew, Dean & Chapter Of Wells N06891. 11 February 2008 . National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR).
- Web site: Somerset, Wells Cathedral of St. Andrew, Dean & Chapter Of Wells N06892. 11 February 2008 . National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR).
- Web site: Somerset, Wells Cathedral of St. Andrew, Dean & Chapter Of Wells N06893. 11 February 2008 . National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR).
- Web site: Walter Bagele. Biographical Dictionary of the Organ. 4 September 2011.
- Web site: Matthew Owens. Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society. 4 September 2011.
- Thornsby, 1912, p. 264.
- Thornsby, 1912, p. 286.
- Thornsby, 1912, p. 251.
- Thornsby, 1912, p. 309.
- News: . Mr. E.P. Oxley . Birmingham Daily Gazette . England . 1 December 1956 . 6 November 2023 .
- Shaw, Watkins, "The Succession of Organists", p. 153
- 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.
- News: Clement McWilliam . The Independent . London . 4 October 2007.
- All Saints’ Parish Newsletter, January 2020.
- From March 2017: Cathedral website
- Cathedral website
- Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912. p. 306.
- Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912. p. 258.
- Web site: Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir . worcestercathedral.co.uk . 4 March 2020.
- But the list of Organists of York Minster in the North Transept gives John Hutchinson 1634.
- York Minster Chant Book, 1974.
- Web site: Newspaper Extract WW1 – Cyril Musgrove . Harrogatepeopleandplaces.info . 3 April 1915 . 15 June 2012.
- Who's who in Music. Fourth Edition. 1962. p. 76.
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