Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | Cathedral, Worcester, England

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Details of Cathedral, Worcester, England

Organ History
1613	Built by Thomas Dallam
Status
Unknown

Organ History
	Built by Renatus Harris
Status
Unknown
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ”, 1877.

Choir Organ

Organ History
1842	Built by Hill & Co.
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
3	39	39	4	-

I. Choir ( CC-f3 54 notes)
1.	Dulciana	8
2.	Clarabella	8
3.	Stopped Diapason	8
4.	Principal	4
5.	Stopped Flute	4
6.	Oboe Flute	4
7.	Fifteenth	2
8.	Cremona	8
i	Swell to Choir
ii	Pedal to Choir
II. Great ( CC-f3 54 notes)
9.	Tenoroon	16
10.	Bourdon to meet No. 1	16
11.	Open Diapason, back	8
12.	Open Diapason, front	8
13.	Stopped Diapason	8
14.	Quint	5 1/3
15.	Principal	4
16.	Wald Flote	4
17.	Twelfth	2 2/3
18.	Fifteenth	2
19.	Sesquialtera	1 1/3
20.	Mixture	2/3
21.	Doublette	2
22.	Posaune	8
iii	Swell to Great
iv	Pedal to Great
III. Swell ( C-f3 42 notes)
23.	Double Dulciana	16
24.	Open Diapason	8
25.	Stopped Diapason	8
26.	Dulciana	8
27.	Principal	4
28.	Suabe Flute	4
29.	Flageolet	2
30.	Doublette	2
31.	Echo Cornet
32.	Oboe	8
33.	Cornopean	8
Pedal ( CCC-e 29 notes)
34.	Open Diapason	16
35.	Stopped Diapason	16
36.	Principal	8
37.	Fifteenth	4
38.	Sesquialtera
39.	Trombone	16

Trancept Organ

Organ History
1875	Built by Hill & Son
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	53	53	8	-

I. Choir ( CC-a3 58 notes)
1.	Open Diapason	8
2.	Dulciana	8
3.	Salicional	8
4.	Hohlflote	8
5.	Principal	4
6.	Waldflote	4
7.	Flautina	2
8.	Dulciana Mixture
9.	Clarionet	8
i	Swell to Choir
II. Great ( CC-a3 58 notes)
10.	Double Open Diapason	16
11.	Bourdon	16
12.	Open Diapason	8
13.	Open Diapason, No. 2	8
14.	Gamba	8
15.	Stopped Diapason	8
16.	Principal	4
17.	Harmonic Flute	4
18.	Twelfth	2 2/3
19.	Fifteenth	2
20.	Full Mixture
21.	Sharp Mixture
22.	Posaune	8
23.	Clarion	4
ii	Swell to Great
iii	Solo to Great
III. Swell ( CC-a3 58 notes)
24.	Bourdon	16
25.	Open Diapason	8
26.	Salicional	8
27.	Stopped Diapason	8
28.	Principal	4
29.	Lieblich Flute	4
30.	Twelfth	2 2/3
31.	Fifteenth	2
32.	Mixture
33.	Double Trumpet	16
34.	Cornopean	8
35.	Oboe	8
36.	Clarion	8
iv	Swell to Octave
v	Swell to Sub-octave
IV. Solo ( CC-a3 58 notes)
37.	Tuba Mirabilis	8
38.	Vox Angelica
39.	Vox Humana	8
40.	Harmonic Flute	4
Pedal ( CCC-f 30 notes)
41.	Double Open Diapason	32
42.	Double Open Diapason	32
43.	Open Diapason	16
44.	Open Diapason	16
45.	Violone	16
46.	Bourdon	16
47.	Principal	8
48.	Violoncello	8
49.	Twelfth	5 1/3
50.	Fifteenth	8
51.	Mixture
52.	Trombone	16
53.	Clarion	8
vi	Great to Pedal
vii	Choir to Pedal
viii	Swell to Pedal

1896

Organ History
1896	Built by Hope-Jones
Status
Unknown
Sources
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912.
“Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	55	-	25	EP

1924

Organ History
1924	Harrison
Status
Unknown
Sources
Herbert Westerby - “The Complete Organ Recitalist”, 1927.

Manuals	Stops	Ranks	Couplers	Action
4	60	-	23	-

List of Organists
c1415	T. Hulet
1468-84	Richard Grene
1484-1522	John Hampton
1522-40	Daniel Boyce
1541-69	Richard Fisher
1569	John Golden
1569-81	John Colden (-1581)
1581-85	Nathaniel Giles (1558-1633)
1585-90	Robert Cotterell
c1590	John Tomkins (1586-1638)
1590-95	Nathaniel Patrick (-1595)
1595-96	John Fidow (-1640)
1596-1646	Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
1661-62	Giles Tomkins (1633-1725)
1662-64	Richard Browne (-1664)
1662-64	Richard Brown (-1664)
1664-88	Richard Davies (-1688)
1686-88	Vaughan Richardson (1670-1729)
1688-1724	Richard Cherington
1724-31	John Hoddinott (1688-1731)
1731-34	William Hayes (1706-1777)
1734-47	John Merifield (-1748)
1734-48	John Merrifield (-1748)
1747-93	Elias Isaac (1734-1793)
1793-1806	Thomas Pitt (-1806)
1806-07	Jeremiah Clarke (1742-1809)
1807-13	William Kenge
1813-44	Charles E. J. Clarke (1795-1844)
1844-95	William Done (1815-1895)
1895-97	Hugh Blair (1864-1932)
1897-1950	Ivor Atkins (1869-1953)
1950-57	David Willcocks (1919-2015)
1957-63	Douglas Guest (1916-1996)
1963-74	Christopher Robinson (1936-)
1975-96	Donald Hunt (1930-2018)
1996-2012	Adrian Lucas (1962-)
2012-19	Peter Nardone (1965-)
2019-	Samuel Hudson

List of Assistant Organists
-1793	Thomas Pitt (-1806)
1835-44	William Done (1815-1895)
1846-1947	John Boulcott (1826-1915)
c1860	Alfred James Caldicott (1842-1897)
1865	Robert Taylor (1846-1915)
	James Henry Caseley (1841-1909)
-1876	W. E. Wadely (1855-1943)
1879	Frederick S. Garton (1859-1914)
1887-94	Hugh Blair (1864-1932)
1888-92	Henry Holloway (1871-1948)
1893-96	G. Street Chignell (1870-1955)
1895-99	Charles Mason (1878-1965)
1902-08	Edgar T. Cook (1880-1953)
-1912	Alexander E. Brent-Smith (1889-1950)
1912-62	Edgar Day (1891-)
1962-63	Christopher Robinson (1936-)
1963-76	Harry Bramma (1936-)
1976-81	Paul Trepte (1954-)
1981-91	Adrian Partington
1991-98	Raymond Johnston
1998-2004	Daniel Phillips
2004-18	Christopher Allsop
2018-	Nicholas Freestone

List of Organ Scholars
	Daniel Cook (1979-)
2014	Parkinson
2016	Richard Cook
2017	Ashley Wagner
2018	Joshua Roebuck
2019	Benjamin Markovic

List of Other Organists
	Nathaniel Tomkins (1599-1681)
1734-35	James Morley
2007-08	Simon Bertram
2012-	James Luxton
2014-16	Justin Miller
2017-	Richard Cook

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