Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Chichester > Cathedral
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1678 | Built by Renatus Harris |
| 1725 | Rebuilt & added choir by Byfield |
| 1725 | Enlarged by Byfield |
| 1806 | Rebuilt & enlarged by England |
| 1829 | Enlarged by Pilcher |
| Sources | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| Great ( GG-d3) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Open Diapason | ||
| 2. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 3. | Principal | ||
| 4. | Twelfth | ||
| 5. | Fifteenth | ||
| 6. | Tierce | ||
| 7. | Sexquialtera | III | |
| 8. | Cornet | 5 | |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1844 | Enlarged by Gray & Davison |
| 1859 | Removed to storage by Hill |
| Sources | |
| 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 | 26 | 27 | 3 | T |
| I. Choir (Tracker GG-d3 57 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dulciana | (to Gamut G) | |
| 2. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 3. | Principal | ||
| 4. | Flute | ||
| 5. | Fifteenth | ||
| 6. | Cremona | (to fiddle g) | |
| II. Great (Tracker GG-d3 57 notes) | |||
| 7. | Open Diapason | ||
| 8. | Open Diapason | ||
| 9. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 10. | Clarabella | ||
| 11. | Principal | ||
| 12. | Twelfth | ||
| 13. | Fifteenth | ||
| 14. | Sesquialtera | III | |
| 15. | Mixture | II | |
| 16. | Trumpet (tenor) | ||
| 17. | Trumpet (bass) | ||
| i | Swell to Great | ||
| III. Swell (Tracker GG-d3 57 notes) | |||
| 18. | Double Diapason | ||
| 19. | Open Diapason | ||
| 20. | Stopped Diapason | ||
| 21. | Principal | ||
| 22. | Fifteenth | ||
| 23. | Sesquialtera | III | |
| 24. | Hautboy | ||
| 25. | Cornopean | ||
| Pedal (Tracker FFF-c 20 notes) | |||
| 26. | Great Open Bass | 24' | (to FFFF) |
| 27. | Open Diapason | 12' | (to FFF) |
| ii | Great to Pedal | ||
| iii | Choir to Pedal | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1866 | Rebuilt by Hill |
| 1904 | Restored by Hele |
| Status | |
| Rebuilt | |
| Sources | |
| The Musical Times 744 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 34 | - | 7 | P |
| I. Choir (Pneumatic CC-g3 56 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 2. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 3. | Saliconal | 8' | |
| 4. | Flute | 4' | |
| 5. | Principal | 4' | |
| 6. | Clarinet | 8' | |
| i | Swell to Choir | ||
| II. Great (Pneumatic CC-g3 56 notes) | |||
| 7. | Double Diapason | 16' | |
| 8. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 9. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 10. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 11. | Wald Flute | 4' | |
| 12. | Principal | 4' | |
| 13. | Twelfth | 2 2/3' | |
| 14. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 15. | Mixture | II | |
| 16. | Sesquialtera | III | |
| 17. | Trumpet | 8' | |
| ii | Swell to Great | ||
| iii | Choir to Great | ||
| III. Swell (Pneumatic CC-g3 56 notes) | |||
| 18. | Double Diapason | 16' | |
| 19. | Open Diapason | 8' | |
| 20. | Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| 21. | Gamba | 8' | |
| 22. | Voix Celeste | 8' | |
| 23. | Principal | 4' | |
| 24. | Saube Flute | 4' | |
| 25. | Fifteenth | 2' | |
| 26. | Sesquialtera | III | |
| 27. | Contra Fagotto | 16' | |
| 28. | Cornopean | 8' | |
| 29. | Hautboy | 8' | |
| 30. | Clarion | 4' | |
| 31. | Tremulant | ||
| Pedal (Pneumatic CCC-F 30 notes) | |||
| 32. | Double Open Diapason | 32' | |
| 33. | Open Diapason | 16' | |
| 34. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| 35. | Principal | 8' | |
| 36. | Trombone | 16' | |
| iv | Great to Pedal | ||
| v | Swell to Pedal | ||
| vi | Choir to Pedal | ||
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1542-54 | William Campion |
| c1550 | Thomas Coring |
| 1554-65 | Thomas Brodhorne |
| c1560 | Edward Piper |
| 1565-69 | Michael Woods |
| 1570 | Clement Woodcock (-1590) |
| 1599-1602 | Jacob Hillary (-1632) |
| 1602-23 | Thomas Weelkes (1575-1623) |
| 1624-35 | William Emes (-1637) |
| 1636-c1643 | Thomas Lewis (-1674) |
| 1668-c1674 | Bartholomew Webb |
| 1673-74 | Thomas Lewis (-1674) |
| 1674-1720 | John Reading |
| 1677-1720 | Samuel Peirson |
| 1677-1720 | Samuel Pearson (1647-1720) |
| 1720-33 | Thomas Kelway (1695-1749) |
| 1733-47 | Thomas Kelway (1695-1749) |
| 1744-47 | Thomas Capell (-1776) |
| 1747-76 | Thomas Capell (-1776) |
| 1794-1801 | William Walond (1755-1836) |
| 1801-03 | James Targett (1778-1803) |
| 1803-48 | Thomas Bennett (1779-1848) |
| 1848-60 | Henry R. Bennett (1819-1896) |
| 1861-62 | Philip Armes (1836-1908) |
| 1863-70 | Edward H. Thorne (1834-1916) |
| 1870-73 | Francis Edward Gladstone (1845-1928) |
| 1873-74 | J. Kendrick Pyne (1852-1938) |
| 1874-75 | C. H. Hylton Stewart (1849-1922) |
| 1875-76 | Daniel J. Wood (1849-1919) |
| 1876-86 | Theodore Aylward (1844-1933) |
| 1887-1902 | Frederick J. Read (1857-1925) |
| 1902-21 | Frederick Joseph W. Crowe (1862-1931) |
| 1921-25 | Frederick J. Read (1857-1925) |
| 1925-31 | Marmaduke P. Conway (1885-1961) |
| 1931-37 | Harvey Grace (1874-1944) |
| 1938-58 | H. A. Hawkins (1880-1966) |
| 1958-80 | John Anthony Birch (1929-2012) |
| 1980-2008 | Alan Thurlow (1947-) |
| 2008-14 | Sarah Baldock (1975-) |
| 2014- | Charles Harrison |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| Wharton Hooper | |
| Edmund Aldhouse | |
| 1771-75 | Thomas Tremaine |
| John Marsh (1752-1828) | |
| Robert Augustus Atkins (1811-1889) | |
| c1876 | Edward Bartlett (1855-1929) |
| 1887 | Hugh Allen (1869-1946) |
| 1892 | Percy Algernon Whitehead (1874-1953) |
| E. H. Melling (1869-1946) | |
| c1908 | W. H. H. Lambert (1880-1958) |
| c1911 | R. Swanborough |
| 1915-20 | Cyril Hubert Stone (1894-1972) |
| Philip Dore (1903-1974) | |
| 1930-31 | Frederick Benjamin Coley (1906-) |
| 1931 | J. Edward Snelling-Colyer (1909-1989) |
| 1932 | Leonard Fergus O’Connor (1913-1960) |
| 1936 | Claude Appleby |
| Robert Groves (1912-1994) | |
| 1942-49 | Anne Maddocks (1911-2006) |
| A. G. David Cutter (1930-2013) | |
| 1961-68 | Richard Seal (1935-2022) |
| 1968-71 | Michael Davey |
| 1971-73 | Nicholas R. Cleobury (1950-) |
| 1973-78 | Ian Fox |
| 1978-80 | Richard Cock |
| 1980-81 | Kenneth Sweetman (1953-) |
| 1981-91 | Jeremy Suter |
| 1991-97 | James Thomas (1963-) |
| 1997-2009 | Mark Wardell |
| 2010- | Timothy Ravalde |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Richard R. Webster (1952-) |
| 1979 | Kenneth Sweetman (1953-) |
| 1982 | Simon Dinsdale |
| 1988 | Andrew Johnstone |
| 1992 | Mark Purcell |
| 1993 | Neil Cockburn |
| 1994 | Benjamin Nicholas |
| 1995 | David Soar |
| 1997 | Christopher Denton |
| 1998 | Luke Bartlett |
| 1999 | Marcus Wibberley (1981-) |
| 2000 | Deirdre Comerford |
| 2001 | Edmund Aldhouse |
| 2002 | Ian Roberts |
| 2003 | Jamie Hutchings (1981-) |
| 2004 | Sebastian Thompson |
| 2005 | Matthew Pitts |
| 2006 | John Mountford |
| 2007 | Colin Gray |
| 2008 | Julian Haggett |
| 2009 | John Dilworth |
| 2011 | Alexander Goodwin |
| 2012 | Ben Cunningham |
| 2013 | Leonard Sanderman |
| 2014 | Tomek Pieczora |
| 2015 | Laura Erel |
| 2016 | George Barrett |
| 2017 | Kyoko Canaway |
| 2018 | Mitchell Farquharson |
| 2019 | Harry Spencer |
| List of Other Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1765-71 | Richard Hall (-1773) |
| 1775-94 | William Walond (1755-1836) |