Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Blackburn > St. Mary’s (Parish Church) > England > Blackburn > St. Mary’s Cathedral
St. Mary’s (Parish Church), Blackburn, England
| Building History | |
|---|---|
| 1926 | Became cathedral |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1875 | Built by Cavaillé-Coll |
| 1916 | Rebuilt by Lewis |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, 1912. | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | - | - | - | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1828-31 | Joseph John Harris (1799-1869) |
| 1831-38 | Henry Smart (1813-1879) |
| 1838-39 | John Bishop (1817-1890) |
| 1840-48 | William Robinson |
| 1848-58 | Joseph Rolley |
| 1858-63 | Charles Greenwood |
| 1863-70 | James H. Robinson |
| 1870-82 | Thomas S. Hayward (1837-1906) |
| 1882-88 | W. Handel Thorley (1859-1923) |
| 1888-1900 | James H. Rooks |
| 1900-12 | Christie Green (1871-1939) |
| 1912-14 | Henry Coleman (1888-1965) |
| 1914-16 | Charles Hylton Stewart (1884-1932) |
| 1916-39 | Herman Brearley (1876-1940) |
| 1939-64 | Thomas Lucas Duerden (1898-1969) |
| 1964-83 | John Bertalot (1931-) |
| 1983-94 | David Cooper (1949-) |
| 1994-98 | Gordon Stewart (1952-) |
| 1998-2010 | Richard Tanner |
| 2011-19 | Samuel Hudson |
| 2013 | Karen Au |
| 2019- | John Robinson (1983-) |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| Robert Costin | |
| Tim Cooke | |
| David Scott-Thomas | |
| Gregg Morris | |
| James Davy | |
| David Goodenough | |
| Shaun Turnbull | |
| Benjamin Saunders | |
| -1939 | Harold Briggs (1915-1998) |
| 1969-78 | Ronald Frost (1933-2015) |
| 1988-91 | James Thomas (1963-) |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| Benedict Todd | |
| Jeremy Holland-Smith | |
| Jonathan Clinch | |
| David Scott-Thomas | |
| Alex Davies | |
| Edmund Rugman | |
| Ian Pattinson | |
| Nigel Potts | |
| 2006 | Jonathan Turner |
| 2011 | Justin Miller |
| 2011 | Chris Woodward |
| 2012 | James Kealey |
| 2014 | Joseph O’Berry |
| 2015 | Edward Jones |
| 2016-18 | Christopher Jones |
| 2018 | Harvey Stansfield |
| 2019 | Giles Longstaff |
| List of Other Organists | |
|---|---|
| Tom Dagget | |
Please note we have not yet completed the full cross index of organists to churches, &c.