List of organists and assistant organists of Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England.

Organ seen from the crossing.

The first record of an organ dates from 1310, with a smaller organ, probably for the Lady Chapel, being installed in 1415. In 1620 a new organ, built by Thomas Dallam, was installed at a cost of £398 1s 5d, however this was destroyed by parliamentary soldiers in 1643 and another new organ was built in 1662,^[1] which was enlarged in 1786,^[2] and again in 1855.^[3] In 1909–1910 a new organ was built by Harrison & Harrison with the best parts of old organ retained,^[4] and this has been maintained by the same company since.^[5]

Organists

Assistant organists

• Charles William Lavington 1842 – 1859
• J. Summers
• Frederick Joseph William Crowe^[8] (later organist of Chichester Cathedral) c.1880
• Charles Harry Moody 1894 – 1895 (then acting organist 1895)
• Frederick William Heck 1896 – 1897^[9] (afterwards organist of Bedminster Parish Church)
• W. J. Bown^[10]
• Richard John Maddern-Williams 1904 – 1906 (afterwards sub-organist of Norwich Cathedral).
• Kenneth J Miller 1906^[11]
• F.P. Wheeldon 1908
• Frank W. Porkess
• Marmaduke Conway 1920 – 1925 (later organist of Ely Cathedral)
• C.H. Trevor 1926 – 1927
• Conrad William Eden 1927 – 1933 (then organist)
• J.W. Martindale-Sidwell 1938
• Michael Peterson 1946 – 1953
• Hugo Langrish 1953 - 1961
• Anthony Crossland 1961 – 1970
• David Anthony Cooper 1977 – 1983 (later organist of Blackburn Cathedral)
• Christopher Brayne 1983 – 1990 (later organist of Bristol Cathedral)
• David Ponsford
• Andrew Nethsingha 1990 – 1994
• Rupert Gough 1994 – 2005
• David Bednall 2002 – 2007 (Senior Organ Scholar 2002 – 2004)
• Jonathan Vaughn 2007 –

References

Bibliography

• Thornsby, Frederick W. (1926). Dictionary Of Organs And Organists. H. Logan.