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as part of the organ project in 1986. With one manual of six stops, plus a single pedal stop, the Nave Organ is designed to reinforce the presence of the main organ in the nave, or for use in its own right for in the "nave-only" services. The Nave Organ can be played either from its own console
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was employed to move the organ from the screen to its present position. The collapse of the tower and spire in 1861 left the organ a mid-19th century instrument, as all the money that could be raised at the time was spent on the building and furnishings rather than on the organ. The organ was
861:. The Assistant Organist accompanies the choir and is required to deputise the responsibilities of the Organist and Master of the Choristers. Despite the title which implies that they assist an organist, the Assistant Organist spends the most time at the
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The Allen Organ was brought into the cathedral in 1972, at the time when the main organ was abandoned, and was used to accompany all main services until 1986 when the main organ came back into use. Thereafter, the Allen Organ was repositioned in the
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in 1904, but neglect dictated by financial constraints meant that in 1972 its working mechanism was in such a parlous state that the organ had to be abandoned as unplayable. After a silence of fourteen years it was eventually restored by
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877:. The organ scholarship is a one-year non-renewable post usually held by someone in their gap year between school and university, or in the first couple of years after graduation.
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in 1984–86. Today it is widely regarded as a very special part of the heritage of
English organs and it is the only surviving example of an English classical, rather than
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in the 1550s. The role of "Organist" has been combined with that of "Master of the
Choristers" since 1801 – the first Organist and Master of the Choristers was
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The Walker Organ, built in 1980, is a continuo instrument of one manual (no pedals) containing six stops and an integral blower. It is usually housed in the
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817:. In 1947, the Hurdis family gave the organ to the Prebendal School who, in turn deposited it on loan to the cathedral. It is currently housed in the
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Organist and Master of the Choristers is responsible for overseeing the music of the cathedral, including the training and direction of the
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added the Choir Organ and Thomas Knight added the third keyboard, the swell, in 1778. Further additions were made in the 19th century by
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each year to take a share of the playing of services in the cathedral and the training of the probationers in the
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are the major source of instrumental music at the cathedral, being played for daily services and accompanying the
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in 1661. The choir was re-formed in the same year, but the appointment of a new organist did not occur until 1668
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almost continuously since the medieval period, with a break in the mid-17th century during the
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at the west end of the cathedral as a concert organ. It is one of the earliest
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The earliest organs in the cathedral were destroyed by the forces of
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Chichester Cathedral, with pipes of the main organ dating to the
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Organists & Masters of the
Choristers of Chichester Cathedral
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Details of the Hurdis Organ from the
National Pipe Organ Register
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National Pipe Organ Register
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National Pipe Organ Register
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in 1543, and the earliest recorded Master of the
Choristers is
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The earliest recorded Organist of Chichester Cathedral is
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The Hurdis Organ was built c.1780 at least partly by the
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Organist and Master of the Choristers (1801 – present)
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1560:The Organs and Organists of Chichester Cathedral
22:The Main Organ, in its current position in the
1611:Assistant Organists of Chichester Cathedral
769:downstairs, or direct from the main organ.
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813:who went on to be Professor of Poetry at
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74:Several well-known composers, including
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1488:List of musicians at English cathedrals
1006:Master of the Choristers (1550s – 1801)
881:Organists and Masters of the Choristers
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82:, have served as cathedral organist.
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724:(1829) before, in 1859, the great
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760:The Nave Organ was a gift of the
1282:1931 John Edward Snelling-Colyer
704:built a one-manual organ on the
1270:1908 William Herbert H. Lambert
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1575:Early English Musick 1385–1714
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764:, the Nave Organ was built by
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1543:Quiet revolution in the south
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1493:Choir of Chichester Cathedral
1267:1892 Percy Algernon Whitehead
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1285:1932 Leonard Fergus O’Connor
1170:Charles Henry Hylton Stewart
865:. In common with nearly all
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1276:1915 Cyril Herbert Stone
1158:Francis Edward Gladstone
746:, cathedral instrument.
722:Henry Pilcher & Sons
1420:2004 Sebastian Thompson
1396:1997 Christopher Denton
1366:1977 Richard R. Webster
762:Poling Charitable Trust
1596:Culture in West Sussex
1447:2013 Leonard Sanderman
1408:2000 Deirdre Comerford
1393:1996 Nicholas Chalmers
1387:1994 Benjamin Nicholas
1033:1580 Christopher Paine
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1378:1988 Andrew Johnstone
1264:1887 Hugh Percy Allen
823:Shrine of St. Richard
807:Reverend James Hurdis
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1601:Chichester Cathedral
1483:Chichester Cathedral
1417:2003 Jamie Hutchings
1411:2001 Edmund Aldhouse
1261:1876 Edward Bartlett
886:Organist (1545–1801)
867:cathedrals in the UK
733:restored further by
126:Double Open Diapason
39:Chichester Cathedral
31:Chichester Cathedral
1456:2016 George Barrett
1450:2014 Tomek Pieczora
1444:2012 Ben Cunningham
1432:2008 Julian Haggett
1426:2006 John Mountford
1375:1982 Simon Dinsdale
1288:1936 Claude Appleby
1273:1911 R. Swanborough
1255:18?? Wharton Hooper
1249:Assistant Organists
1045:1597 Thomas Lambert
1012:155? Richard Martyn
718:George Pike England
96:Guildford Cathedral
48:There are now five
1563:(Phillimore, 1988)
1468:2020 Thomas Howell
1465:2019 Harry Spencer
1459:2017 Kyoko Canaway
1435:2009 John Dilworth
1423:2005 Matthew Pitts
1399:1998 Luke Bartlett
1384:1993 Neil Cockburn
1107:William Walond Jr.
1024:1568 William Payne
1015:1558 William Payne
999:William Walond Jr.
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1441:2011 Alex Goodwin
1381:1992 Mark Purcell
1314:Nicholas Cleobury
815:Oxford University
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1438:2010 Paul Manley
1414:2002 Ian Roberts
1404:Marcus Wibberley
1371:Kenneth Sweetman
1329:Kenneth Sweetman
1242:Charles Harrison
1206:Marmaduke Conway
1182:Theodore Aylward
1140:Henry R. Bennett
1081:1673 John Turner
1077:Bartholomew Webb
1072:1662 George Hush
1042:1590 John Cowper
1038:Clement Woodcock
1029:Clement Woodcock
963:Bartholomew Webb
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875:Prebendal School
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680:organ, from the
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1335:Jeremy Suter
1323:Richard Cock
1318:1973 Ian Fox
1302:Richard Seal
1230:Alan Thurlow
1212:Harvey Grace
1146:Philip Armes
1128:James Target
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504:
491:
446:
433:
396:Mixture III
364:Vox Angelica
324:
311:
246:
118:
80:John Reading
73:
69:James Target
58:
47:
43:Commonwealth
28:
15:
1297:1949 ?
1279:1920 ?
1258:1864 ?
1176:Daniel Wood
1090:1677 ?
928:1589 ?
829:Allen Organ
785:Lady chapel
712:. In 1725,
639:Mixture IV
564:Mixture IV
306:Mixture II
166:Suabe Flute
54:Restoration
50:pipe organs
1585:Categories
1573:ExLibris,
1530:References
1224:John Birch
1164:James Pyne
843:electronic
819:retrochoir
750:Nave Organ
710:instrument
454:Wald Flute
356:Salicional
294:Nineteenth
107:Main Organ
1577:1998–2008
1570:2003–2012
853:Organists
836:triforium
726:Victorian
631:Fifteenth
615:Principal
556:Fifteenth
548:Principal
492:Tremulant
434:Tremulant
409:Cornopean
388:Fifteenth
372:Principal
312:Tremulant
286:Fifteenth
270:Principal
194:Flageolet
186:Fifteenth
158:Principal
1477:See also
799:Source:
777:Source:
754:Source:
744:romantic
684:, c.1780
577:Trombone
262:Dulciana
45:period.
1552:Sources
847:country
840:digital
720:(1806)
659:Subbass
528:Bourdon
520:Violone
483:Posaune
475:Cremona
425:Clarion
417:Hautboy
401:Fagotto
232:Clarion
224:Trumpet
174:Twelfth
766:Mander
740:Mander
706:screen
678:Harris
202:Tierce
102:Organs
1499:Notes
1402:1999
1369:1979
1351:2010
1345:1997
1339:1991
1333:1981
1327:1980
1321:1978
1312:1971
1306:1968
1300:1961
1291:1942
1240:2014
1234:2008
1228:1980
1222:1958
1216:1938
1210:1931
1204:1925
1198:1921
1192:1902
1186:1887
1180:1876
1174:1875
1168:1874
1162:1873
1156:1870
1150:1863
1144:1861
1138:1848
1132:1803
1126:1801
1111:1794
1105:1775
1099:1771
1093:1732
1084:1675
1075:1668
1063:1642
1054:1602
1048:1599
1036:1589
1027:1571
1018:1562
997:1776
991:1744
985:1720
979:1677
973:1675
967:1673
961:1668
955:1642
949:1636
943:1623
937:1602
931:1599
922:1571
916:1565
910:1561
904:1560
898:1550
892:1545
623:Flute
536:Quint
505:Pedal
380:Flute
325:Swell
278:Flute
247:Choir
119:Great
35:choir
24:quire
1514:The
1065:None
957:None
682:nave
662:16'
592:Nave
580:16'
572:32'
531:16'
523:16'
515:16'
447:Solo
404:16'
335:16'
129:16'
78:and
634:2'
626:4'
618:4'
610:8'
602:8'
559:4'
551:8'
539:10/
486:8'
478:8'
465:4'
457:8'
428:4'
420:8'
412:8'
391:2'
383:4'
375:4'
367:8'
359:8'
351:8'
343:8'
289:2'
281:4'
273:4'
265:8'
257:8'
235:4'
227:8'
197:2'
189:2'
169:4'
161:4'
153:8'
145:8'
137:8'
94:at
1587::
1507:^
825:.
700:,
543:'
301:'
297:1/
209:'
205:1/
181:'
177:2/
541:3
299:3
207:5
179:3
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