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Details of Cathedral, St. Alban’s, England
Abbey, St. Alban’s, England
| Building History | |
|---|---|
| 1877 | Became cathedral |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| Built by Bernard Smith | |
| Moved from St. Dunstan’s-in-the-East, Billingsgate, City of London, London, England by | |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” , 1877. | |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1861 | Built by Hill |
| 1907 | Restored & enlarged by Abbott & Smith |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927. | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 49 | - | 12 | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1498 | Robert Fairfax (1464-1521) |
| c1529 | Henry Besteney |
| 1820-31 | Thomas Fowler |
| 1831-33 | Edwin Nicholls |
| 1833-37 | Thomas Fowler |
| 1837-46 | Thomas Brooks |
| 1846-55 | John Brooks |
| 1855-58 | William Simmons |
| 1858-80 | John Stocks Booth (1828-1879) |
| 1880-1907 | George Gaffe (1849-1907) |
| 1907-30 | Willie L. Luttman (1874-1930) |
| 1918-19 | T. H. Croxall (1893-1958) |
| 1930-37 | Cuthbert E. Osmond (1904-1937) |
| 1936-37 | Kenneth F. Malcolmson (1911-) |
| 1937-47 | Albert Tysoe (1884-1962) |
| 1947-49 | A. Meredith Davies (1922-2005) |
| 1951-57 | Peter Burton (1916-1957) |
| 1958-78 | Peter Hurford (1930-2018) |
| 1967-68 | Simon Preston (1938-) |
| 1978-85 | Stephen Darlington (1952-) |
| 1985-88 | Colin Walsh |
| 1998- | Andrew Lucas |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1908-09 | John Cawley (1881-) |
| 1913-18 | Alleyne Warren (1881-1945) |
| 1921-30 | George C. Straker (1899-1973) |
| 1936-39 | Sydney John Barlow (1919-1976) |
| 1940-47 | Stanley Lord Milnes (1915-) |
| 1945-51 | Frederick G. Carter (1913-) |
| 1951-70 | John Henry Freeman (1908-) |
| Anthony Jennings (1945-1995) | |
| 1970-75 | Simon Lindley (1948-) |
| 1975-76 | John Clough |
| 1976-2001 | Andrew Parnell (1954-) |
| 2001-08 | Simon Johnson |
| 2008- | Tom Winpenny |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| Alexander Woodrow (1986-) | |
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