St Mary’s Organ

Marcussen & Søn, Aabenraa, Denmark

1973

 

 

Hovedvaerk

Principal 8
Rørfløjte 8
Oktav 4
Spidsfløjte 4
Nasat 2 2/3
Oktav 2
Ters 1 3/5
Mixtur VI-VIII
Trompet 8

Brystvaerk

Gedakt 8
Spidsgamba 8
Principal 4
Kobbelfløjte 4
Gemshorn 2
Quint 1 1/3
Scharf V-VI
Krumhorn 16
Vox Humana 8
Tremulant

Pedal

Subbas 16
Oktav 8
Gedakt 8
Oktav 4
Mixtur VI
Fagot 16
Trompet 8

Couplers

Brystvaerk/Hovedvaerk
Hovedvaerk/Pedal
Brystvaerk/Pedal

Brystvaerk with swell doors

Organists
1704-1712 THOMAS RATHBONE (d.1712)
1712-1755 WILLIAM LAMB (d.1755)
1756-1802 SAMUEL WISE (c.1730-1802). Formerly Organist of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark and Southwell Minster
1802- JOHN PEARSON (c.1754-1832). Organist until at least 1818
1831 JOHN PEARSON (c.1790-1831). Date of appointment unknown but before 1825
1831-1836 WILLIAM ASPULL (1798-1875)
1836-1867 CHARLES C NOBLE (1812-1885). Formerly Organist of St. Martin’s Church, Stamford. Latterly Organist of St. Ann’s Church, Nottingham
1867-1904 JAMES ARTHUR PAGE FRCO (1846-1916)
1904-1914 WILLIAM FREDERICK DUNNILL FRCO ARCM (1880-1936). Formerly Organist of Christ Church, Surbiton and St. Luke’s Church, Bromley
Latterly Organist of Birmingham Cathedral
1914-1922 FRANK RADCLIFFE MusDoc FRCO (1883-1922). Formerly Assistant Organist of Manchester Cathedral and Organist of St. Wulfram’s Church, Grantham
1922-1928 VERNON SYDNEY READ ARCM FRCO (d.1980). Formerly Organist of Holy Trinity Church, Lenton. Latterly Organist of St. John’s Church, Torquay
1928-1954 HENRY OSWALD HODGSON FRCO (1886-1975)
1954-1956 DAVID JAMES LUMSDEN MA DPhil BMus HonFRCO (b.1928). Formerly Assistant Organist of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Latterly Organist of Southwell Minster and New College, Oxford
1957-1967 RUSSELL ARTHUR MISSIN ThD FRCO(CHM) ADCM LTCL (b.1922). Formerly Assistant Organist of Ely Cathedral and Organist of St. Mary’s Church, Thetford, Holbeach Parish Church and Oakham Parish Church. Latterly Organist of Newcastle Cathedral
1967-1983 DAVID SHEERAN BUTTERWORTH MA MusB FRCO(CHM) (b.1946). Latterly Organist of St. Mary’s Church, Clifton, Nottingham
1984- JOHN ANTHONY KEYS MA LRAM ARCM ARCO (b.1956). Formerly Assistant Organist of Chester Cathedral and Holy Trinity Church, Geneva and Organist titulaire Eglise de St. Jean, Geneva

THE ORGANS AND ORGANISTS OF ST MARY’S.

A history by the Honorary Archivists of St. Mary’s Church, Andrew Abbott and John Whittle, with a foreword by Sir David Lumsden (a former organist and Choirmaster).

A fascinating account of the story of the various organs and organists over four hundred years. The research for the book has drawn upon the original sources of information as far as possible to present an accurate record of the instruments and the musicians. It includes for the first time many rare and previously unpublished drawings, photographs and contemporary evidence to support previous accounts.

“This is as comprehensive a history as one could wish to have. The acknowledgements reveal the amount of work that goes into a book which is as comprehensively researched and conscientiously produced as this one is.” Dominic Gwynn, Organists’ Review November 1993

The contents include organs and repairs by Dallam, Swabrick, Snetzler, Rouse, Buckingham, Lloyd & Dudgeon, Bishop & Starr, J W Walker & Sons, Yates, Grant Degens & Bradbeer and Marcussen and Son. There are biographies of eighteen organists from 1705 to the present day, and a transcription of the desperate attempt of a local man to be appointed organist on two separate occasions in the 1830’s against the preference of the Vicar.

Paperback First Edition 1993. 120 pages, 53 illustrations, fully referenced, format 148×210 mm. ISBN 0 9521157 0 0

The book is available by post only from the Rylands Press, 60 Meadow Road, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 1JT
Price £3.95 + p&p (90p UK, £1.60 EEC, £2.20 non-EEC)
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