Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Oxford > St. John’s College
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1769 | Built by John Byfield |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| The Musical Times 759 | |
| Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 18 | 18 | - | - |
| Great ( GG-d 52 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Open Diapason | ||
| 2. | Stopt Diapason | ||
| 3. | Principal | ||
| 4. | Twelfth | ||
| 5. | Fifteenth | ||
| 6. | Tierce | ||
| 7. | Sexquitera | IV | |
| 8. | Cornet | IV | |
| 9. | Trumpet | ||
| Choir ( GG-d 52 notes) | |||
| 10. | Stopt Diapason | ||
| 11. | Principal | ||
| 12. | Flute | ||
| 13. | Fifteenth | ||
| Swell ( G-d 32 notes) | |||
| 14. | Open Diapason | ||
| 15. | Stopt Diapason | ||
| 16. | Principal | ||
| 17. | Trumpet | ||
| 18. | Hautboy | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| Snetzler | |
| Bishop | |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist” - Musical Opinion, 1927, London | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 25 | - | 5 | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| J. Snow | |
| John Frith (-1644) | |
| Robert Lugg (1620-) | |
| c1660-1674 | William Ellis (-1674) |
| Francis Pigott (-1704) | |
| 1765-90 | Thomas Norris (1741-1790) |
| 1790-97 | Philip Hayes (1738-1797) |
| 1797-1807 | William Crotch (1775-1847) |
| 1807-25 | William Cross (1777-1825) |
| 1820-21 | William Beale (1784-1854) |
| 1825-46 | William Marshall (1806-1875) |
| 1846-60 | Stephen Elvey (1805-1860) |
| 1860-68 | Thomas Grizzelle |
| 1868-75 | Richard Porter (1837-1875) |
| 1875-83 | William Allchin (1843-1883) |
| 1883- | Frederick Iliffe (1847-1928) |
| 1923-24 | Henry Havergal (1902-) |
| 1941-43 | Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978) |
| -c1646 | William Ellis (-1674) |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1778-84 | William Woodcock (1754-1825) |
| Richard Porter (1837-1875) | |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| Richard Moore | |
| Conrad Eden (1905-1994) | |
| 1932-35 | Maxwell Menzies (1912-) |
| 1950 | John F. Nourse (1931-2001) |
| David Flood (1955-) | |
| Richard Knight (1965-) | |
| Daniel Moult (1973-) | |