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Charles Quarles (died 1727), musician, graduated Mus. Bac. at Cambridge in 1698. He was appointed organist of Trinity College, Cambridge.On 30 June 1722 he succeeded William Davies as organist of York Minster, and died in 1727.
York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York. [6]
In 1985, he moved to York, becoming headmaster of York Minster School and later became Chamberlain of York Minster. [17] He remained headmaster of the school until 2004 when he stepped down, [18] and was then Director of Development at York Minster, co-ordinating fundraising, and raising more than £20 million to restore the Great East Window. [19]
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York Minster Stoneyard is the stonemasons dedicated to the upkeep of the stonework of York Minster in York, England. [1] Established in the 11th century, around 400 years before the current cathedral was completed, [ 2 ] it has been located in Minster Yard , adjacent to the minster's southeastern corner, since 1913.
John Scott Whiteley (born 1950) is an English organist and composer. He has performed extensively around the world and since 1985 has undertaken an annual tour of the US. He has performed in most major UK cathedrals and concert halls, and was Assistant Organist and later Organist and Director of the Girls' Choir at York Minster between 1976 and 2010.
The choir of York Minster, where Jackson served as Organist and Director of Music for 36 years. Jackson had been a chorister at St Michael's Church, Malton, along with his brother Paul, [3] until he joined the choir of York Minster in 1929, where he sang under Sir Edward Bairstow for four years, after which he returned to Malton to serve as organist at St Michael's from 1933 to 1940.
It houses York Minster’s library and archives as well as the Collections Department and conservation studio. Its name is a new one and renders homage to the part of the building that used to be the chapel of the Archbishop of York, which was built in the 13th century.