List of Worcester Cathedral organists

This is a list of organists at Worcester Cathedral, in the city of Worcester, England. Notable organists at Worcester have included Thomas Tomkins (from 1596), Hugh Blair (from 1895), Ivor Atkins (from 1897) and David Willcocks (from 1950). The present organist (from 2012) is Dr Peter Nardone.

Organists

  • 1240 Thomas the Organist*
  • 1415 T. Hulet*
  • 1468 Richard Grene
  • 1484 John Hampton
  • 1522 Daniel Boyse
  • 1541 Richard Fisher
  • 1569 John Golden
  • 1581 Nathaniel Giles
  • 1585 Robert Cotterell
  • 1590 Nathaniel Patrick
  • 1595 John Fido
  • 1596 Thomas Tomkins

  • 1649 Vacant
  • 1661 Giles Tomkins
  • 1662 Richard Browne
  • 1664 Richard Davis
  • 1686 Vaughan Richardson
  • 1688 Richard Cherington
  • 1724 John Hoddinott
  • 1731 William Hayes
  • 1734 John Merifield
  • 1747 Elias Isaac
  • 1793 Thomas Pitt
  • 1806 Jeremiah Clark

Assistant Organists

Assistant Organists and Assistant Directors of Music

Sub-Assistant Organists

References

  1. Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912. p.250
  2. Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912. p.361
  3. Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912. p.258
  4. Dictionary of Organs and Organists. First Edition. 1912. p.382
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