Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Warwick > St. Mary’s (Collegiate Church)
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1717 | Built by Thomas Schwarbrook |
| 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 | |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1409 | William Witteney |
| 1432 | John Soursby |
| 1562-65 | John Skyrrowe |
| 1565 | Richard Charpe |
| 1719-44 | Thomas Dean |
| 1744-73 | William Dean |
| 1773-87 | Jonathan Hobbs |
| 1787-1801 | Mary Hobbs |
| 1802-33 | James Marshall |
| 1833-35 | Edward Dearle (1806-1891) |
| 1844-61 | William Clayton |
| 1861-64 | W. Wyver |
| 1864 | James Shaw (1842-1907) |
| 1864-67 | Daniel Middleton (1841-1901) |
| 1867-71 | Bernard Farebrother (1846-1888) |
| 1872-74 | Edwin Aspa (1835-1883) |
| 1874-82 | Alfred J. Sutton (1827-1906) |
| 1882-86 | Hanson de la Haye Blackith (1846-1926) |
| 1886-94 | William Bellamy (1861-) |
| 1894-98 | William Macduff (1869-1934) |
| 1898-1945 | Allen Blackall (1877-1963) |
| 1945 | Eric Robert Taylor (1928-) |
| 1946-50 | Peter Burton (1916-1957) |
| 1950-58 | Thomas Tunnard (1918-) |
| 1958-62 | Douglas Clarke (1893-1962) |
| 1962-73 | Geoffrey Holroyde |
| 1973-81 | Andrew Fletcher (1950-) |
| 1981-85 | Paul Trepte (1954-) |
| 1985-94 | Simon Lole (1957-) |
| 1994-98 | Mark Shepherd |
| 1998-2001 | Chris Betts |
| 2001-08 | Katherine Dienes-Williams (1970-) |
| 2008- | Thomas Corns |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| Arthur Hilyer | |
| Edward Higginbottom | |
| Tim Peters | |
| C. Montague Birch (1884-1947) | |
| 1942-45 | Eric Robert Taylor (1928-) |
| Arthur Wills (1926-2020) | |
| 1967-69 | Colin Roy |
| 1971-73 | Andrew Fletcher (1950-) |
| 1987-89 | Charles Matthews (1966-) |
| 1989-98 | Kevin Bowyer (1961-) |
| 1999-2002 | Christopher Monks |
| 2002-06 | Luke Bond |
| 2006- | Ruaraidh Sutherland |
| 2011- | Mark Swinton (1981-) |