James Healey Willan (1880–1968) was an Anglo-Canadian organist and composer. He composed more than 800 works including operas, symphonies, chamber music, a concerto, and pieces for band, orchestra, organ, and piano. He is best known for his church music.
Henry Willis, also known as "Father" Willis, was an English organ player and builder, who is regarded as the foremost organ builder of the Victorian era. His company Henry Willis & Sons remains in business.
St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church located in the heart of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is a Grade I listed building and was completed in 1879 to a design by G.E. Street as the founding mother church of Bournemouth. The building incorporates work by some of the finest Gothic Revival architects and artists, including Street, George Frederick Bodley, Ninian Comper, Arthur Blomfield and Edward Burne-Jones, with stained glass and frescoes by Clayton and Bell. The chancel has been described as 'one of the richest Gothic Revival interiors in England'.
St Peter's Church, Harrogate is a parish church in the Church of England located in Harrogate.
Charles Lloyd was a pipe organ builder based in Nottingham who flourished between 1859 and 1908.
E. Wragg & Son was a pipe organ builder based in Nottingham that flourished between 1894 and 1969.
Montague Thomas Robson Younger (1836–1899) was an Australian church musician. He was the first organist of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and has been described as "the first native of Sydney to reach eminence as an organist".
Forster and Andrews. British organ building company, was formed by James Alderson Forster (1818–1886) and Joseph King Andrews (1820–1896), who had been employees of the London organ builder J. C. Bishop.
Harry Crane Perrin (1865–1953) was a cathedral organist, who served at Canterbury Cathedral.
Edgar Pettman (1866–1943) was an English organist, choral conductor and music editor. Born in Dunkirk, Kent, in 1881 he entered the Royal Academy of Music where he studied under George Alexander Macfarren. He was organist at a number of London churches, including St Mary's, Kilburn and St James's Church, Piccadilly until his retirement in 1924. Although the composer of a number of anthems and other church music, he is best known for his 1892 book Modern Christmas carols in which he arranged a number of now popular carols such as I Saw a Maiden and Gabriel's Message, both harmonised hymns based on Basque carol melodies. It was Pettman who collected and adapted the 'Normandy folk melody' sung to 'Away in a manger'. He was also an early editor of the works of Thomas Tallis, publishing an edition in 1900.
Sebastian Claude Ridley was an organist, pianist, and composer born in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire in December 31, 1853. He studied under his father William Ridley and was assistant organist at St Mary's Church, West Derby, Liverpool from 1865 to 1870.
Charles Legh Naylor was a composer and organist based in Harrogate.
Wilfrid Ernest Sanderson FRCO LRAM was a composer and organist based in Doncaster.
Theodore Stephen Tearne Mus Bac, L. Mus, F.S.Sc. was an Irish-born organist and composer, who worked in England and Australia.
Joseph Harold Hinton was a British composer and organist.
George Benjamin Arnold (1832–1902) was English organist and musical composer.
George Frederick Naylor was a composer and organist in England and New Zealand.
