Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > Wales > St. David’s > Cathedral
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| Built by Bernard Smith | |
| 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 | |
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| Built by Lincoln | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 21 | 21 | 2 | T |
| I. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Double Diapason | ||
| 2. | Open Metal Diapason | ||
| 3. | Open Wood Diapason | ||
| 4. | Quint | ||
| 5. | Principal | ||
| 6. | Wald Flute | ||
| 7. | Twelfth | ||
| 8. | Fifteenth | ||
| 9. | Sesquialtera | III | |
| 10. | Mixture | ||
| 11. | Posaune | ||
| 12. | Clarion | prepared | |
| i | Swell to Great | ||
| II. Swell (Tracker C-f3 44 notes) | |||
| 13. | Double Diapason | ||
| 14. | Diapason | metal. | |
| 15. | Diapason | wood. | |
| 16. | Principal | ||
| 17. | Piccolo | ||
| 18. | Doublette | ||
| 19. | Cornopean | ||
| 20. | Hautboy | ||
| 21. | Clarion | ||
| 22. | Tremulant | ||
| Pedal (Tracker CCC-c 25 notes) | |||
| 23. | Open Diapason | 16' | |
| ii | Pedals to Manual | ||
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1882 | Built by Willis |
| 1906 | Rebuilt by Willis |
| 1921 | Restored & enlarged by Willis |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists” - George Mate & Son, 1921 | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 34 | - | 7 | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1490 | Walter Warryn |
| 1509 | John Norman |
| 1551 | Lewis Morries |
| 1563 | Thomas Elliot |
| -1577 | Thomas Tomkins (1545-1626) |
| 1713-14 | R. Mordant |
| 1714-19 | Henry Mordant |
| 1719 | Richard Tomkins |
| 1719-20 | William Bishop |
| 1720-25 | Henry Williams |
| 1725-33 | Matthew Maddox |
| 1733-39 | Matthew Philpott |
| 1739-82 | Matthew Phillips |
| 1782-87 | John Day |
| 1787-1826 | Arthur Richardson (-1826) |
| 1827-51 | John Barrett (-1851) |
| 1851-83 | William Peregrine Propert (1831-1906) |
| c1857 | William Shipley |
| C. F. Hyde (1855-1893) | |
| 1883-94 | Frederick S. Garton (1859-1914) |
| 1894-96 | D. John D. Codner (1851-1913) |
| 1896 | William M. Brooke (1861-1939) |
| 1896-1904 | Herbert C. Morris (1872-1940) |
| 1904-08 | A. J. Bibb (1882-1970) |
| 1908-21 | Herbert C. Morris (1872-1940) |
| 1923-53 | Joseph Soar (1878-1971) |
| 1953-77 | Peter Boorman |
| 1977-90 | Nicholas Jackson (1934-) |
| 1990-94 | Kerry Beaumont (1957-) |
| 1994-2001 | Geraint Bowen (1963-) |
| 1998- | Simon Pearce (1974-) |
| 2001-07 | Timothy Noon |
| 2007-11 | Alexander Mason |
| 2011- | Daniel Cook (1979-) |
| 2013- | Oliver Waterer |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1899-1901 | Sydney H. F. Wéalé (1880-1943) |
| W. H. Harris (1883-1973) | |
| 1911-13 | Frederick Mason (1890-) |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Aaron Shilson |
| 2017 | Rupert Jackson |
| 2018 | Emily India Evans |
| 2019 | Joshua Roebuck |