Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > Scotland > Edinburgh > St. Mary’s (Episcopal) Cathedral
St. Mary’s (Episcopal), Edinburgh, Scotland
| Building History | |
|---|---|
| 1879 | Became cathedral |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1879 | Built by Willis |
| 1897 | Rebuilt with electric action by Hope Jones |
| Sources | |
| The Musical Times 441 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 49 | - | 18 | EP |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| Derek Williams | |
| 1878-1929 | Thomas H. Collinson (1858-1928) |
| 1929-57 | Robert Head (1893-1957) |
| 1958-61 | Eric Parsons |
| 1961-91 | Dennis Townhill (1925-2008) |
| 1991-99 | Timothy Byram-Wigfield |
| 1999-2005 | Mathew Owens |
| 2005-07 | Simon Nieminski |
| 2007- | Ducan Ferguson |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Wearne | |
| 1882-83 | R. Machill Garth (1860-1899) |
| 1885-89 | Clement R. Gale (1862-1934) |
| 1890- | G. F. Wesley-Martin (1861-1938) |
| 1893-99 | Charles Macnaughton Cowe (1874-) |
| 1927-28 | Reginald Shield (1906-1961) |
| 1946-48 | Edward Francis Thomas (1929-) |
| 1950-51 | James Lawrence Lockhart (1930-) |
| 1965-66 | George Gray Hay (1946-) |
| 1966-68 | Keith Charles Griffiths (1941-) |
| 1977-2000 | Peter Blackhouse |
| 1977-99 | Peter Backhouse |
| 2005-07 | Ducan Ferguson |
| Joseph Beech (1994-) | |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| 1961-64 | George Gray Hay (1946-) |
| 1966-67 | Nigel Cyril John Cook (1949-) |
| List of Other Organists | |
|---|---|
| Ruaraidh Sutherland | |