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The first record of an organ 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, [1] which was enlarged in 1786, [2 ...
An appeal to save a historic organ has raised half of its £2m target. Fundraisers said they hoped work to restore the deteriorating Wells Cathedral grand organ would begin in 2026, ensuring its ...
Aeolian Company, Garwood, New Jersey [125] (organ production 1887-1932, after which it merged with the Skinner Organ Company) Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Boston, Massachusetts (1932–1972) [126] Joseph Alley, Newburyport, Massachusetts (1804–1880) [126] Andover Organ Company, Lawrence, Massachusetts [127]
He was later organ scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge. His organ teachers included Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir, and Nicolas Kynaston and he studied composition with Herbert Sumsion, Bernard Stevens and Alan Ridout. [2] Archer married Alison (an artist and musician) in 1994, and they have a son (b.1997) and a daughter (b.1999).
Reverend Canon Thomas Henry Davis (1867 – 1947) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Wells Cathedral [1] and was the only person ever to hold a simultaneous post of canon of a cathedral and organist of the old foundation cathedrals. [2]
Wells Cathedral clock; Wells Cathedral School; Wells St Andrew; The Old Deanery, Wells This page was last edited on 7 January 2024, at 14:47 (UTC). Text is available ...
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Denys Duncan Rivers Pouncey was born on 23 December 1906 and was educated at Marlborough College and Queens' College, Cambridge.. In 1935 he founded the Northampton Bach Choir.