a century of recorded english church music

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York Minster 1965 by Colin R.Brownlee A Century of Recorded English Church Music

1902-190964 recordings : 

1902-190964 recordings : St Andrew’s Wells Street : London College for Choristers with Master Ashworth, solo treble 1905 : Christ Church 1905 : Holy Trinity 1907 : Westminster Cathedral The first five choirs to record and the first solo chorister

1911 : 

1911 Westminster Abbey directed by Sir Frederick Bridge The first recording from Westminster Abbey The choir issued three further recordings this decade Sir Frederick Bridge did not like the gramophone! arr. Revd. S. Greathead ‘When the crimson sun had set’ Single sided acoustic recording The Gramophone Company Photo c.1912 from the Abbey

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Photo 1937 from RSCM Sir Sydney Nicholson St Nicolas College Chislehurst School of English Church Music Harry Barnes Choirmaster

1942 : 

1942 A dramatic drop of only 31 commercial recordings for this entire decade from 138 in the previous New College issued 3 records during the war years, the only choir to do so New College Oxford directed by H.K. Andrews . Wesley ‘Thou Wilt Keep Him’ BBC 78 rpm record Notice the gas lighting….probably the only source of heat!

1954-5941 LPs released : 

1954-5941 LPs released The first choir LP : 1954

1966 : 

1966 The most famous of all the London church choir schools and exclusively for the choristers All Saints Margaret Street directed by Michael Fleming Mr. Kenyon, Headmaster 1848 - 1968 Mozart ‘Laudate Dominum’ Private recording of a concert from St Alban-the-Martyr, Birmingham Photo 1963 from ex-chorister

Saturday 13th July 1985 : 

Saturday 13th July 1985 St Michael’s College Tenbury directed by Roger Judd Photo 1975 from ex-housemaster 1856 - 1985 Stanford ‘Magnificat in G’ Tobias Edwards, solo treble Dog Rose Studios : Private Issue Watkins Shaw in the library with Handel’s hand written score of Messiah, the College’s greatest treasure

1990 – 1999575 CDs issued : 

1990 – 1999575 CDs issued A golden decade of recordings

1991 : 

1991 After this broadcast, the BBC received more letters and telephone calls of praise than for any other to this day Bramdean School Chapel Choristers directed by Donald Hanson BBC Choral Evensong 20th March ‘Psalm 104’ Plainsong with faux-bourdons BBC radio broadcast

2004 : 

2004 William of Wykeham founded the College in 1382, making provision for 16 Quiristers to sing the chapel services This tradition continues unbroken to the present day and Winchester is the only public school still to maintain a choir school as laid down by the college statutes Winchester College Chapel Choir directed by Christopher Tolley Benjamin Britten ‘Te Deum in C’ Herald CD