Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow was born in Huddersfield on August 22, 1874 and died in York on May 1, 1946. He was an English organist and composer in the Anglican church music tradition. Huddersfield is a large town in England near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Modern style pipe organ at the concert hall of Aletheia University in Matou, Taiwan The organ is a keyboard instrument with one or more manuals, and usually a pedalboard. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Anglican church music is music that is performed in Anglican church services. ...

He studied under John Farmer, Balliol College, Oxford, and while articled under Frederick Bridge of Westminster Abbey received tuition from Walter Alcock. After holding posts in London, Wigan and Leeds, he served as organist of York Minster from 1913 to his death. He was knighted in 1932. His anthems include Blessed City, Heavenly Salem, I Sat Down Under His Shadow, and Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. He also wrote music for organ, including a sonata in E flat, and three service settings. John Farmer (August 16, 1835 - July 17, 1901), from Nottingham, composed oratorios, cantatas, and other church music, and chamber music. ... Full name Balliol College Motto - Named after John de Balliol Previous names - Established 1263 Sister College St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham (academic) Location Broad Street Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford... Sir John Frederick Bridge (December 5, 1844 – March 18, 1924) was an English composer and organist at Westminster Abbey, (1875-1918) He composed special music for Queen Victorias Jubilee and King Edward VIIs coronation, in addition to other choral, instrumental and organ music. ... The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often mistaken for one), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, North West England. ... Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ... Transept and crossing tower of York Minster from the south east. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals personal bravery, achievement or service to the United Kingdom. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... An anthem is a choral composition to an English religious text sung in church services. ... Sonata (From Latin and Italian sonare, to sound), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to cantata (Latin cantare, to sing), a piece sung. ... In Anglican church music, a Service is a musical setting of certain parts of the liturgy, generally for choir with or without organ accompaniment. ...

Notorious for his terseness and bluntness, Bairstow did not always endear himself to others. Asked whether he would be willing to follow the example of his predecessor at York and go to the United States, he replied that he would 'rather go to the devil.' Comfortably ensconced in Yorkshire, where he was a close friend of the equally blunt Dr Moody, Organist at Ripon Cathedral, he refused the offer to succeed Frederick Bridge at Westminster Abbey. He instead recommended his erstwhile pupil Ernest (later, Sir Ernest) Bullock, who was duly appointed to the post.

Key Dates

• 1893 Becomes organist of All Saints, Norfolk Square
• 1899 Organist of Wigan Parish Church
• 1906 Organist of Leeds Parish Church
• 1913 Master of Music, York Minster
• 1932 Knighted for Services to Music

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Key Works

• Blessed City, Heavenly Salem
• The King of Love My Shepherd Is
• I Sat Down Under His Shadow
• Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
• The Lamentations of Jeremiah
• Save Us, O Lord

Reference

Francis Jackson. "Bairstow, Sir Edward C(uthbert)", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 19 August 2005), grovemusic.com (subscription access). The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians, considered by most scholars to be the best general reference source on the subject in the English language. ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...