In 1927 he was appointed Assistant Organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, later serving as Sub-Organist from 1932 to 1945, when he was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Bristol Cathedral. In 1949 he moved to Winchester Cathedral, holding the same office until his retirement in 1971.[1]
reginald, alwyn, surplice, august, 1906, april, 1977, english, organist, composer, life, editborn, pangbourne, berkshire, surplice, studied, university, reading, under, gustav, holst, awarded, bachelor, music, degree, from, durham, university, 1927, appointed,. Reginald Alwyn Surplice 20 August 1906 21 April 1977 was an English organist and composer 1 2 Life EditBorn at Pangbourne Berkshire Surplice studied at the University of Reading under Gustav Holst and was awarded a Bachelor of Music degree from Durham University 3 In 1927 he was appointed Assistant Organist at St George s Chapel Windsor Castle later serving as Sub Organist from 1932 to 1945 when he was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Bristol Cathedral In 1949 he moved to Winchester Cathedral holding the same office until his retirement in 1971 1 Surplice was a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and taught organ at the Royal Academy of Music On his retirement the Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Music 1 He died at Winchester at the age of 70 Works EditIn addition to the hymn tune Wessex he composed psalm settings and anthems in the Anglican choral tradition 4 References Edit a b c Biographical Dictionary of the Organ Reginald Alwyn Surplice Accessed 12 November 2021 CCM Composers Classical Music Reginald Alwyn Surplice Accessed 12 November 2021 National Portrait Gallery Reginald Alwyn Surplice Accessed 12 November 2021 Hymnary org Wessex Accessed 12 November 2021 Cultural officesPreceded byHerbert Hunt Organist and Master of the Choristers Bristol Cathedral1946 1949 Succeeded byClifford HarkerPreceded byHarold Rhodes Organist and Master of the Music Winchester Cathedral1949 1972 Succeeded byMartin Neary This article about a British composer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reginald Alwyn Surplice amp oldid 1066317474, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
