Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Leicester > St. Martin’s (Parish Church)
St. Martin’s Cathedral, Leicester, England
| Building History | |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Became cathedral |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1774 | Built by Snetzler |
| 1873 | Rebuilt by Walker |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 49 | - | 10 | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1748 | Musgrave Heighington (1680-1774) |
| -1753 | Richard Hobbs |
| -1765 | William Boulton |
| 1765-c1772 | Anthony Greatorex |
| 1772-1800 | Martha Greatorex |
| 1800-43 | Sarah Valentine (1771-1843) |
| 1870-75 | John Morland (1837-1889) |
| 1875-1927 | Charles Hancock (1852-1927) |
| 1927-30 | Gordon Slater (1896-1979) |
| 1931-69 | George C. Gray (1897-1981) |
| 1969-94 | Peter White (1937-2007) |
| 1994-2010 | Jonathan Gregory |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| Frank Storer (1867-1940) | |
| 1910-12 | Frederick William Dickerson (1889-1966) |
| 1918-32 | Dennis Arnold Smith (1901-1966) |
| 1931-33 | Stanley Vann (1910-2010) |
| 1933-38 | Thomas Bates Wilkinson (1912-) |
| 1944-51 | Sidney Thomas Rudge (1918-1967) |
| 1951-54 | Wallace Ross (1920-2010) |
| 1955-65 | Sidney Thomas Rudge (1918-1967) |
| 1965-73 | Robert Prime |
| 1973-95 | Geoffrey Malcolm Herbert Carter (1943-) |
| 1995-99 | David Cowen |
| 1999-2018 | Simon Headley |
| 2019- | Rosie Vinter |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| 2011- | Christopher Ouvry-Johns |