John Thornton Masser (24 June 1855 - 23 February 1929) was an organist and composer based in Nottingham. [1]
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, 128 miles (206 km) north of London, 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Birmingham and 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Manchester, in the East Midlands.
John Thornton Masser was the son of Thomas Masser. He was educated at Bradford High School, Fulneck Moravian Settlement and Bramham College, Tadcaster.
Fulneck Moravian Settlement is a village in Pudsey in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1744. It is named after Fulneck, the German name of a town in Northern Moravia, Czech Republic.
On 11 July 1885 he married Jessie Margaret, the youngest daughter of Henry Legge of Holly Park, Crouch Hill, Middlesex.
From age 17 to 22 he worked in the family business, but then was articled to Thomas Bradley Chambers of Brighouse, senior partner in a Yorkshire firm of solicitors. He then spent some years with Torr and Company solicitors of Bedford Row, London.
Subsequently he practiced in Nottingham and was a member of the Incorporated Law Society, and the Nottingham Law Society.
He composed anthems, and his most popular work, a harvest cantata.
He also compiled and published a psalter and tune book, both of which were in constant use at Addison Street Congregational Church in Nottingham, where he was Hon. Organist and Choirmaster.
Addison Street Congregational Church was a church in Nottingham. Built in 1884, it closed in 1966 when its congregation merged with the Sherwood Congressional Church, and the building later became a warehouse, before being demolished.
He assisted in the production of the Congregational Hymnal [2] of 1916.
Roy Galbraith Henderson CBE was a leading English baritone in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He later became a teacher of singing, his most notable student being Kathleen Ferrier.
John Farmer (16 August 1835 – 17 July 1901) was an English composer, music teacher and organist born in Nottingham.
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Alfred de Bathe Brandon was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand in 1894.
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St. Nicholas' Church, known locally as St Nic's, is an Anglican parish church in Nottingham. The church, since 1953, is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.
Richard Charles Sutton was an architect based in Nottingham. He was born 1834 and died on 18 October 1915.
Charles Lloyd was a pipe organ builder based in Nottingham who flourished between 1859 and 1908.
St. James' Church, Standard Hill was a Church of England church in Nottingham.
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Bernard Johnson FRCO was an organist and composer based in Nottingham. He was appointed City Organist for Nottingham in 1910.
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Reverend Joseph Miller BD was a Congregational minister, much in demand as an "eloquent preacher" for fourteen years in the north of England. While in Hamburg during his ministry he "rendered valuable assistance to his countrymen in distress" following a call from the American Embassy there. However, in 1929 he "created a sensation" by becoming an Anglican priest. His first Anglican incumbency was as vicar of the Church of St Mark, Old Leeds Road, Huddersfield, England, from 1929 to 1931.
Sir James William McCraith, JP was a local politician who served as the Conservative and Unionist Party Leader in Nottingham.
Joseph Else FRBS was a sculptor from Nottingham best known for his work on Nottingham Council House.