Organ Biography > Organs > England > Oxford > Magdalen College
Details of Magdalen College, Oxford, England
1487
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1487 | Built by William Wotton |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
1740
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1740 | Built by Thomas Schwarbrook |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” , 1877. | |
1855
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1855 | Built by Gray & Davison |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ”, 1877. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 35 | 35 | 9 | - |
| I. Choir | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Salicional | 8 | |
| 2. | Gamba | 8 | |
| 3. | Stopped Diapason, Bass | 8 | |
| 4. | Concert Flute | 8 | |
| 5. | Octave | 4 | |
| 6. | Flute d’Amour | 4 | |
| 7. | Piccolo | 2 | |
| 8. | Corno di Bassetto | 8 | |
| i | Swell to Choir | ||
| II. Great | |||
| 9. | Open Diapason | 8 | |
| 10. | Open Diapason | 8 | |
| 11. | Stopped Diapason | 8 | |
| 12. | Octave | 4 | |
| 13. | Flute | 8 | |
| 14. | Twelfth | 2 2/3 | |
| 15. | Super-octave | 4 | |
| 16. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 17. | Mixture | ||
| 18. | Posaune | 8 | |
| ii | Swell to Great | ||
| iii | Choir Sub-octave to Great | ||
| iv | Swell to Great, Sub-octave | ||
| v | Swell to Great, Super-octave | ||
| III. Swell | |||
| 19. | Bourdon | 16 | |
| 20. | Open Diapason | 8 | |
| 21. | Stopped Diapason, Bass | 8 | |
| 22. | Clarionet Flute | 8 | |
| 23. | Keraulophon | 8 | |
| 24. | Octave | 4 | |
| 25. | Super-octave | 2 | |
| 26. | Sesquialtera | ||
| 27. | Cornopean | 8 | |
| 28. | Oboe | 8 | |
| 29. | Clarion | 4 | |
| 30. | Tremulant | ||
| vi | Solo to Swell | ||
| IV. Solo | |||
| 31. | Flute Harmonic | 8 | |
| 32. | Tromba | 8 | |
| Pedal | |||
| 33. | Grand Open Diapason | 16 | |
| 34. | Grand Bourdon | 16 | |
| 35. | Grand Octave | 8 | |
| 36. | Grand Trombone | 16 | |
| vii | Swell to Pedal | ||
| viii | Great to Pedal | ||
| ix | Choir to Pedal | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| Binns | |
| Hele | |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927. | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912. | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 50 | - | - | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| Lewis Richard | |
| 1490 | William Bernard |
| 1490 | Richard Davies |
| 1490-92 | Richard Davy (1467-1516) |
| 1491 | Ralph Barton |
| 1498-1500 | John Thomas |
| 1500-02 | Richard Parker |
| 1502-20 | George Kendall |
| 1509 | John Mason |
| 1519 | Robert Porret (-1550) |
| 1523-26 | Clement Perrot |
| 1530-42 | Robert Perrot (-1550) |
| 1539-41 | Thomas Appilby (1500-1562) |
| 1542-54 | John Shepherd (1515-1554) |
| 1543 | Thomas Preston (1500-1564) |
| 1595-1639 | Richard Nicolson (1595-1639) |
| 1639-61 | Arthur Phillips (1605-1695) |
| 1661-64 | Theodore Coleby |
| 1664-85 | Benjamin Rogers (1614-1698) |
| 1665 | Edmund Slater |
| 1685-87 | Francis Pigott (-1704) |
| 1688-95 | Daniel Purcell (1660-1717) |
| 1695-1734 | Thomas Hecht (-1734) |
| 1734 | Matthew Phillips |
| 1734-77 | William Hayes (1706-1777) |
| 1777-97 | Philip Hayes (1738-1797) |
| 1797-1845 | Walter Vicary (1770-1845) |
| 1845-59 | Benjamin Blyth (1824-1883) |
| Frederick Archer (1838-1901) | |
| 1872-82 | Walter Parratt (1841-1924) |
| 1882-1919 | J. V. Roberts (1841-1920) |
| 1938-41 | William Mc Kie (1901-1984) |
| 1943-57 | Philip J. Taylor |
| 1957-81 | Bernard Rose (1916-1996) |
| 1981-91 | John Harper (1947-) |
| 1991-2009 | Grayston Ives (1948-) |
| 2009- | Daniel Hyde |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| David Leigh | |
| Walter Vicary (1770-1845) | |
| 1858-59 | Edward Vine Hall (1837-1909) |
| Ernest Prichard (1887-1945) | |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| Geoffrey Morgan | |
| Jeremy Suter | |
| David Davies | |
| 1961-64 | Robert William Vincent (1941-) |
| Steven Grahl (1975-) | |
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