The first edition of Edward J. Hopkins's "Comprehensive treatise on
the structure and capabilities of the organ, with specifications and suggestive
details for instruments of all sizes, intended as a handbook for the organist
and the amateur", together with Edward F. Rimbault's "New History of the
Organ: [being] memoirs of the most eminent builders of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries, and other matters of research in connection with
the subject", was published in 1855 as The Organ, its History and Construction
.
A second edition was published in 1870 and a third in 1877. At the rear
of the first edition, after Accounts or stoplists of organs and the Index,
but before the adverts, is included the Subscription List. This is headed
by Prince Albert, 11 selected notables and 5 institutional subscribers,
followed by 541 individual subscribers alphabetically ordered, this number
including the short addendum list.
The names appearing provide a fascinating glimpse of those sufficiently stirred to support the authors' venture and in a position to help underwrite Robert Cocks's commercial speculation, the outcome of which is generally recognised as "the most influential book on organ-building to be published in England during the nineteenth century" [Nicholas Thistlethwaite's description in The making of the Victorian Organ ]. With a little imagination the list could be the mid-nineteenth century equivalent of today's intrepid BIOS members! The list offers much scope for study and greater analysis. A few preliminary highlights and findings might provide some interest and encouragement:
Cathedral organists (**) City/town parish church organists Professors of Music Famous names Up and coming Etc Biographical details of some of the notable subscribers [marked ** in the list below] can be found in Watkins Shaw: The Succession of Organists of the Chapel Royal and the Cathedrals of England and Wales (Clarendon Press, 1991).
It is hoped to provide indexes to other historical sources in due course.
Corrections, suggestions for improvement,
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. | Subscribers (in alphabetical order) | Occupation | Address | Editorial Notes | |
HRH Prince Albert | . | . | . | ||
Thomas W. | Abbott | . | 23, Great Pulteney Street | ||
G.B. | Acworth | . | Rochester | ||
W.S. | Adams | . | Haymarket | ||
W.L. | Adye | . | Office of Ordnance | ||
George M. | Ainsworth | . | Manchester | ||
Rev.E.E. | Allen | . | Millom, Broughton in Furness, Lancashire | ||
John | Amott** | Organist | Gloucester Cathedral | ||
Messrs.G. | Andre & Co | . | 19, South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, US | ||
Alfred | Angel** | Organist | Exeter Cathedral | ||
Isaac | Ann | Musicseller | Swindon, Wilts | ||
Frederick J. | Archer | Organist | St.Clement's Church, Oxford | ||
W.B. | Armstrong | Professor of Music | Kendal | ||
W.C. | Ashlin | . | Bank of Liverpool | ||
John | Aspinwall | Organist | St.George's Church, Bolton le Moors | ||
Rev. John | Astley | . | Chalton Rectory, Horndean, Hants | ||
R.A. | Atkins** | Organist | St.Asaph Cathedral | ||
Francis J. | Atkinson | . | Manchester | ||
Charles | Atlee | . | Ealing Park, Ealing, Middlesex | ||
David. B. | Auty | . | Furness Railway Co.School, Barrow in Furness, nr.Ulverstone | ||
Mr. | Backwell | Bookseller | Castletown, Isle of Man | ||
G. | Baker | Professor of Music | Poole | ||
A. | Baldry | . | Torquay | ||
E.W. | Banks | . | Witham, Essex | ||
Stephen N. | Barber | . | Denmark Hill, Surrey | ||
B. | Barlow | Organist | Leek | ||
George | Barlow | Organist | Congleton | ||
William | Barnby | Organist | St.Saviour & St.Michael's York | ||
Edwin | Barnes | Organist | Hornsey Church | ||
G. | Barratt | Organist | Trinity Church, Hotwells, Clifton | ||
John P. | Barratt | Organist | Stoneyhurst College | ||
Francis | Barrow | . | Lincoln's Inn | ||
Charles | Barry | . | Liverpool | ||
Brice W. | Barwick | Musicseller | Keighley | ||
Joseph | Bates | . | 6, Ancoat's Grove North, Manchester | ||
J.F. | Beaumont | . | Whaddon, Cambs | ||
S. | Bedsmore(**T) | Assistant Organist | Lichfield | ||
A.C.C. | Beer | Organist | St.Peter's Pimlico | ||
Charles | Beevor | Surgeon | 41 Upper Harley Street | ||
W.T. | Belcher | Organist | Birmingham | ||
Doyne C. | Bell | . | . | ||
S. | Bembridge | . | Egerton Terrace, Stretford New Road, Manchester | ||
Lord | Benholme | . | 76, King Street, Edinburgh | ||
C. | Bennett | Organist | Shifnal, Salop | ||
William | Bennett | Organist | St.Mary Andover | ||
George | Benson | Lay Clerk | Westminster Abbey | ||
William | Bentham | . | . | ||
W.T. | Best | Organist | Lincoln's Inn | ||
Henry | Bevington | Organbuilder ++ | 48 Greek Street, Soho | ||
Mr. | Billinghurst | . | Brixton | ||
Messrs.J.C., | Bishop, Son, & Starr | Organbuilder ++ | 1 Lisson Grove | ||
John | Bishop | . | Cheltenham | ||
John | Blackburn | . | Oatwood House, Horsforth, nr.Leeds | ||
Edward | Blackburne | . | 34, Merrion Square South, Dublin | ||
Mr. | Blacket | Bookseller | Newbury | ||
Rev.Frederick | Bliss | . | Iwerne-Courtnay, Blandford | ||
John J. | Blockley | . | 2 Park Road, St.John's Park, Hampstead | ||
Henry | Bloxham | Solicitor | Shrewsbury | ||
William | Booth | Musical Instrument Maker ++ | Leeds | ||
John Stocks | Booth** | Professor of Music | Sheffield | ||
Edward James | Bosward | Organbuilder ++ | Birmingham | ||
J.W. | Botsford | . | Exchange Street, Manchester | ||
R.T. | Bowden | . | Hyde, nr.Manchester | ||
George William | Bower | . | 22 Chiswell Street, London | ||
J.H. | Boyt | . | 76 Market Street, Poole | ||
John E. | Boyton | . | Watlington, Oxon | ||
Henry | Bradbury jun. | Printing etc Establishment | Deansgate, Bolton | ||
W.R. | Braine | Organist & Choir Director | St.Barnabas Church, Kensington | ||
Mrs. | Braybrooke | . | . | ||
Frederick | Bridgman | Professor of Music | Edinburgh | ||
George | Brookes | Solicitor | Whitchurch, Salop | ||
James | Brotherton | Inland Revenue | Somerset House | ||
Robert | Browne jun. | Organist | Lowestoft | ||
Rev.Alfred | Browne | . | Flitton Vicarage, Silsoe, nr.Bedford | ||
I. | Brunel | Engineer | 18 Duke Street, Westminster | [The famous Isambard - who possessed a Gray & Davison house organ] | |
Henry | Bryceson | Organbuilder ++ | 5 Tottenham Court, New Road | ||
Z. | Buck** | Organist | Norwich Cathedral | ||
Rev.John | Buckham | . | Bishopswood Parsonage, Brewood, Staffs. | ||
George | Buckton | . | Leeds | ||
E. | Bunnett** | . | Upper Close, Norwich | ||
Rev.A. | Burns | . | Middlesborough (sic), Yorkshire | ||
Alfred B. | Burrington | Organist | Dawlish, Devon | ||
John | Burton | Organist | Parish Church, Scarborough | ||
R.S. | Burton | Organist | Parish Church, Leeds | ||
J. | Cafferata | . | 25 Plumpton Terrace, Everton Road, Liverpool | ||
Edmund | Calverley | . | Oulton Hall, Wakefield | ||
Thomas Simpson | Camidge** | Professor of Music | York | ||
Charles | Campbell | Liverpool | |||
Rev.Colin | Campbell | . | Leicester | ||
W.H. | Caparn | Organist | Newark | ||
Alfred | Carder | Organist | Whitechapel Church | ||
William | Carling | . | Hitchin | ||
Rev.Richard | Cattley | . | Kings Lynn | ||
Rev.William | Cecil | Rector | Long Stanton St.Michael, Cambs | ||
G.T. | Chambers | . | Rue Rivoli, 28 bis, a Paris | ||
W. | Chater | Organist | Coventry | ||
John Taylor | Cheetham | Organist | Baptist Chapel, Oldham | ||
George | Church | Organist | Wymondham Parish Church | ||
Thomas | Clark | . | Martock, Somersetshire | ||
James | Clarke | Organist | St.Michael, Burleigh Street, Strand | ||
J.F. | Clarke | Professor of Music | Leeds | ||
Charles Harwood | Clarke | . | . | ||
Fred.Fuhrmann | Clarke | . | 53 Upper Bedford Place | ||
Joseph | Clarke | . | Skirbeck, nr.Boston | ||
W.E. | Clarke jun. | . | Liverpool | ||
Solomon | Clayton | Organist | Salem Chapel, Bradford | ||
Wm. | Clayton | Organist | Warwick | ||
Rev.Thomas Henry | Coles | . | Honington, nr.Grantham,Lincs | ||
. | Collegiate Institution | . | Liverpool | ||
W. | Collis | . | 4 Arthur Street East, City | ||
Rt.Hon.Lord | Colvill | . | Ochiltree, South Ville, Lambeth | ||
George | Cooch | Solicitor | Newport Pagnell | ||
W.F. | Coombe | . | Springfield, Chelmsford | ||
C. | Coop | Organist | Holbeach | ||
J.T | Cooper | Organist | St.Paul, Islington | ||
Rev.Allen T. | Cooper | . | 1 Suffolk Street, Pall Mall | ||
James | Corps | Organbuilder ++ | 3 Caroline Place, Camden Town | ||
Edward Roger de | Coverley | Author? | 48 Poland Street | ||
James | Cowherd | . | Newton in Cartmel, Westmoreland | ||
Alfred | Cox | Organist | Brighton | ||
Samuel H. | Cox | Organist | St.James Church, Cheltenham | ||
Rev.Joseph | Cox | . | Litton Cheney, Dorset | ||
T. | Crabb | . | Berkhampstead | ||
J.B. | Cramer | Organist | All Saints, Loughborough | ||
Frederick | Crane | . | 55 Regent Street | ||
William | Craven | . | Dockroyd, nr.Keighley, Yorks | ||
T.Edward | Creak | Organist | Honiton | ||
Capt.W.A. | Cross | 1st Royal Lancs.Militia | Redscar, nr.Preston | ||
G.J. | Crossley | Professor of Music | 9 Victoria Street, Sheffield | ||
Richard | Crowe | Professor of Music | Collegiate Institution, Liverpool | ||
W.H. | Crowther | . | Broseley, Salop | ||
Edward | Cruse | . | Bach Villa, Marlborough Hill, St.John's Wood | ||
W.H | Cummings | . | 38 Red Lion Square | ||
Lambert G. | Curtis | Organist | Norwich | ||
Robert | Daniel | Organist | Parish Church, Ulverstone | ||
F.W. | Daniell | . | Paymaster General's Office | ||
Captain | Darnell | . | Mount Villa, York | ||
Charles H. | Davie | . | per H.Balliere, New York | ||
Albert | Dawes | Organist | 2nd Presbyterian Church & Classical Harmonist Society, Belfast | ||
Rev.James | Dawson | Incumbent | Belmont, Lancs | ||
Alfred A. | Dawson | Organist | Sandon Church, Staffs | ||
William | Dawson | Organist | Berkeley Episcopal Chapel, Berkeley Square | ||
Thomas | Dawson | . | 25 Warrington Street, Oakley Square, St.Pancras | ||
W.H.C. | Dawson | . | Reading | ||
A. | Dean jun. | Organist | Halifax and Huddersfield | ||
. | Dean & Chapter | . | Christ Church, Dublin | ||
Edward | Dearle | . | for the Library, Newark | ||
J. | Denton | . | Bradford | ||
Mr. | Devanti | Music Warehouse | Manchester | ||
Rev.W.E. | Dickson | . | Goostrey Parsonage, Middlewich, Cheshire | ||
W. | Dickson | . | Alnwick | ||
Thoms | Dix | Organist | Faversham | ||
George | Dixon | Organist | Retford | ||
William | Dixon | Organist | Grantham | ||
William | Done** | Organist | Worcester Cathedral | ||
W.P. | Dreaper | Musicseller | 56 Bold Street, Liverpool | ||
C.J.H. | Drew | Organist | Percy Chapel, Weston Road, Bath | ||
Sir Henry | Dryden | . | Canons Ashby, Northampton | ||
J.P. | Dyer | Musicseller | Warminster | ||
John J. | Dymond | Professor of Music | London | ||
Thomas | Eaude | Conductor | Warrington Musical Society | ||
John Robert | Edeson | Organist | All Saints, Gordon Square, St.Pancras | ||
James | Elliott jun. | . | New Hall, Dymchurch | ||
William | Emberson | Professor of Music | Arundel | ||
Edward | Estill | . | 9 Orange Court, Castle Street, Liverpool | ||
E.J. | Evans | Organist | Liverpool | ||
John | Evans | Professor of Music | Liverpool | ||
John | Fagg | Music Warehouse | Hull | ||
Charles | Fairclough | . | Lower Castle Street, Liverpool | ||
Rene | Favarger | . | . | ||
John | Fawcett jun. | Organist | Parish Church, Bolton le Moors, Lancs. | ||
William | Felkin | . | Beeston, nr.Nottinghsam | ||
John | Fernley | . | Stanley Grove, Manchester | ||
G. | Field | Organist | St.Mary, Bathwick, Bath | ||
W. | Fisher | Banker | Preston | ||
James | Fitzgerald | Organist | S.Mary & St.George's Churches, Kidderminster | ||
W. | Fitzgerald | Organist | Chertsey | ||
E. | Fletcher | Organbuilder ++ | 7 Hamilton Terrace, Southampton | ||
Messrs | Flight & Son | Organbuilder ++ | St.Martin's Lane, London | ||
H.E. | Ford** | Organist | Carlisle Cathedral | ||
Messrs | Forster & Andrews | Organbuilder ++ | Hull | ||
Robert | Foulis | MD | 124 Princes Street Edinburgh | ||
William | Foulkes | . | Whitchurch, Shropshire | ||
Thomas Lloyd | Fowle | . | Amesbury, Wilts | ||
Charles | Fox | . | Leatherhead, Surrey | ||
Joseph | Foxcroft | . | Manchester | ||
. | Free Public Library | . | Liverpool | ||
Mr. | French | Musicseller | Rochester | ||
Thomas | French | . | . | ||
Joseph Henry | Frobisher | Organist | Halifax Parish Church | ||
J. | Fry | Bookseller | Chelmsford | ||
E.H. | Fuller | Music Warehouse | Derby | ||
William | Gale | . | 16 Harcourt Street, New Road, St.Mary le Bone | ||
Charles | Gardner jun. | Organist | St.John's Church, Blackheath | ||
G.M. | Garrett** | Organist | St.George's Cathedral, Madras | ||
C. | Gaylard | Organbuilder ++ | Preston, Lancs. | ||
Samuel | Gee | Organist | St.Mark, Surbiton: 12 Lansdowne Place, South Lambeth | ||
John | Gibbon | . | Quay Street, Haverfordwest | ||
Walter B. | Gilbert | Organist | Parish Church, Tonbridge (late St.Bride's Fleet St.) | ||
J.H. | Gilbert | . | Manchester | ||
Mr. | Giles | . | at Dr.Buck's, Norwich | ||
Rev.J. | Glennie | Secretary:SPCK | 17 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields | ||
Thomas Frederick | Gooch | Organist | Parish Church, Ware, Herts | ||
Sir Henry | Gordon | . | Northcourt, Isle of Wight | ||
Thomas | Goulden | Organist | St.Margaret, Canterbury | ||
George Frederick | Graham | Organist | Montreal, Canada East | ||
Thomas | Grant | Organist | 10 German Terrace,Brock Street,Birkenhead | ||
Messrs | Gray & Davison | Organbuilder ++ | New Road, Fitzroy Square | ||
Rev.S.S | Greatheed | . | Tonbridge | ||
J.J. | Greaves | Organist | Parish Church, Preston | ||
T.J. | Greaves | Organist | Lambeth | ||
Thomas jun | Green | Professor of Music | 1 Bow Lane, Preston | ||
Edward | Green | . | Emmanuel College, Cambridge | ||
George | Greenall | Organbuilder ++ | Lancaster | ||
J.H. | Griesbach | . | Maida Hill | ||
F.J. | Griffiths | Organist | Parish Church and St.James Chapel, Daventry | ||
G.R. | Griffiths | Organist | St.Saviour, Upper Chelsea | ||
William | Griffiths | . | Kennington | ||
S. | Grosvenor | . | Dudley | ||
Samuel | Groves | Organbuilder | Great Marlborough Street | ||
Edward | Gunton | Professor of Music | Manchester | ||
Joseph | Guy | Organist | Tichfield | ||
Rev.J.E. | Hall | . | 6 Cleveland Terrace, Paddington | ||
Rev.George | Hallen | . | Penetanguishine, Canada West | ||
James | Harcourt | Organist | Norwich | ||
Thomas | Hardman | Organist | Holy Trinity, Bolton & St.Stephen, Lever Bridge | ||
William | Harrington | Organist | Wellingboro' | ||
Rev.C. | Harris | . | Trinity Church, Cheltenham | ||
T. | Harrison | Musicseller | Birmingham | ||
Ven.Archdeacon | Harrison | . | Precincts, Canterbury | ||
Henry W. | Harrison | . | Liverpool | ||
T. | Harrod | . | Hunter's Vale, Hockley, Birmingham | ||
James | Hart | Organist | Parish Church, Milton, next Gravesend | ||
Rev.H.E. | Havergal | Rector | St.Nicholas & Hon.Canon, Worcester | ||
Mr. | Hawkins | . | Horse Fair, Rugeley | ||
Henry R. | Hayden | Organist | St.Leonard's | ||
L.G. | Hayne** | . | Queens College, Oxford | ||
W. | Haynes | Organist | The Abbey & Trinity Churches, Great Malvern | ||
John | Head | . | Liverpool | ||
Rev.H.E. | Heaton | . | Jesus College, Oxford & Plas Heaton, Denbigh, N.Wales | ||
Charles | Heisch | . | Middlesex Hospital | ||
Charles F. | Hempel | Organist | St.Mary, Truro | ||
W. | Henshaw** | Organist | Durham Cathedral | ||
Henry | Heylyn | . | West Brixton Lodge, West Brixton | ||
Thomas | Heywood | . | Manchester | ||
Thomas | Hickson | . | Melton Mowbray | ||
James | Higgs | Organist | St.Mark, Kennington: 11 Crescent Terrace, Millbank, Westminster | ||
Frederick | Higham | Builder ++ ? | Wolverhampton | ||
J. | Hiles | Organist | Parish Church, Portsmouth | ||
William | Hill | Organbuilder to HM ++ | 12 Tottenham Court, New Road | ||
Samuel | Hill | . | Rose Cottage, Hopwood, nr.Manchester | ||
Messrs | Hime & Son | Musicsellers | Liverpool | ||
Messrs | Hime and Addison | Musicsellers | St.Anne's Square, Manchester | ||
George | Hirst | Professor of Music | Liverpool | ||
Alfred | Hobson | . | Cheltenham | ||
J.S. | Hodge | . | East Malling, nr.Maidstone, Kent (late Chm.Limerick Cathedral) | ||
G. | Hoggett | Organbuilder ++
& Professor of Music |
45 Brunswick Street, Darlington | ||
George | Holden | Professor of Music | Liverpool | A correspondent tells me Holden was Principal of the Dingle Academy of Music at 48 Cleveland St. | |
G.M. | Holdich | Organbuilder ++ | 4 Judd Place East, King's cross, New Road | ||
Wm. | Holt | Organbuilder ++ | Preston Place, Bradford | ||
Messrs.E & GG | Hook | Organbuilder ++ | Boston, USA | ||
Samuel | Hoole | . | 44 London Road, Southwark | ||
W.C. | Hope | . | Sandford Park, West Derby, Liverpool | ||
Richard | Hoper | . | Portslade, Sussex | ||
J.L. | Hopkins** | Organist | Rochester Cathedral | ||
John | Hopkins** | Organist | Parish Church, Epsom | ||
Thomas | Hopkinson | Organist | Parish Church, Pontefract | ||
W. | Horney | . | Easington Lane, Durham | ||
Charles Edward | Horsley | . | 12 Blomfield Terrace, Paddington | ||
William | Howell | . | The Grove, Kentish Town | ||
W.J. | Hughes | . | Archbishop Sancroft's School, Harleston, Norfolk | ||
John | Hullah | . | St.Martin's Hall, London | ||
James | Hulme | . | 188 Waterloo Road, Burslem | ||
Alfred | Humphries | Organist | Walton on Thames | ||
Capt.T.C.S. | Hyde | . | Twickenham Green, Middlesex | ||
Robert G. | Ibbs | . | Leatherhead | ||
John E. | Ingpen | . | 9 Halsey Terrace, Cadogan Terrace, Chelsea | ||
Thomas | Ingram | Professor of Music | Walcot Place, London & The College, Brighton | ||
Thomas | Ions(**WJ) | Organist | St.Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne | ||
John | Jackson | Bookseller | Ulverstone | ||
Messrs. | Jackson & Winn | Booksellers | Bradford | ||
Robert | Janes** | Organist | Ely Cathedral | ||
F.W. | Jardine | Organbuilder ++ | Manchester | ||
George | Jardine | Organbuilder ++ | New York | ||
R.H. | Jarvis | . | 24 Dorset Square | ||
Rev.John | Jebb | . | Peterstow Rectory, Ross, Herefordshire | ||
Thomas B. | Jeffery | . | Liverpool | ||
James P. | Jewson | Organist | Stockton on Tees | ||
J.O. | Johnson | Organist | Dunstable Church | ||
Jabez | Jones | Organist | Tewkesbury Abbey | ||
Edward | Jones | Professor of Music | Sheffield | ||
Gregory | Jones | Secretary | Collegiate Institute, Liverpool | ||
George | Jones | . | Lincoln's Inn | ||
Benjamin St.J.Baptiste | Joule | Hon.Organist | St.Peter's Manchester | ||
Walker | Joy | . | 4 Queen Square, Leeds | ||
H.W. | Kampf | . | Wolverton Station | ||
C. | Kelly | . | 8 High Street, Kensington | ||
W.E. | Kilburn | . | . | ||
Frederick | Kinkee | Organist & Choirmaster | St.Paul's Knightsbridge | ||
James | Kirtland | Organbuilder ++ | Manchester | ||
Henry | Knight | Organist | Broseley | ||
George | Langley | Organbuilder ++ | Grove House, Greatham, Co.Durham | ||
Robert | Law | Organist | St.Peter, Montrose | ||
H.M. | Lawrence | . | Lee Grove, Blackheath | ||
Rev.Richard | Lawrence | . | Tonbridge | ||
John | Leach | Organist | St.James, Bradford | ||
John | Lee | Professor of Music & Singing | 77 Newman Street, London | ||
John | Lees | Organist | Oldham | ||
Samuel | Leigh | Organist | Parish Church, Gawsworth, Macclesfield | ||
John | Lewis | Solicitor | Wrexham | ||
. | Library | . | Liverpool | ||
Henry F. | Limpus | Organist | All Saints and St.Peter's, Wandsworth: Linkfield Cottage, Isleworth | ||
R. | Limpus | Organist | St.Michael, Cornhill | ||
Ricardo | Linter | . | Weymouth | ||
Thomas | Lisle | . | Wolverhampton | ||
G.B. | Lissant | Organist | St.Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta | ||
Henry P. | Lloyd | Organist | Christ Church, Birkenhead | ||
G.A. | Lohr | Organist | Leicester | ||
W.H. | Longhurst** | Asst.Organist | Canterbury Cathedral | ||
C. | Lonsdale | . | 26 Old Bond Street | ||
Edwin M. | Lott | Organist | St.Luke's Jersey | ||
John | Lydden | . | . | ||
R. | Macculloch | . | Guernsey | ||
G.A. | Macfarren | . | . | ||
Edmund | Macrory | . | Middle Temple | ||
John | Magill | Musicseller and Organist | Christ Church, Liverpool | ||
William | Makepeace | Lay Clerk/Professor of Music | Rochester/Cathedral | ||
George Hogarth | Makins | . | . | ||
W.D. | Malton | . | 36 Wimpole Street | ||
Thomas | Marsh | Organist | St.Michael, Alnwick | ||
J.U. | Martin | Organist | East Dereham | ||
George William | Martin | . | The Grove, Clapham Common | ||
Joseph | Mason | Pianoforte & Musicseller | Norfolk Street, Glossop | ||
Henry | Mathews | Organist | Stratford on Avon | ||
J.A. | Maude | . | 52 Eaton Square | ||
Harry | May | . | 11 Holborn Bars | ||
C.J. | Mayhew | . | 4 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn | ||
Julius | McCollum | . | Boston, US | ||
James | McGlashan | . | 50 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin | ||
Charles | McKorkell | Organist | All Saints, Northampton | ||
J. | Meadowcroft | . | 23 Wilton Street, Oxford Street, Manchester | ||
Henry Innes | Medwin | . | 2 Crown Row, Walworth | ||
Richard | Mellor | Musicseller and Organist | Ramsden St.Chapel, Huddersfield | ||
Arthur H. | Messiter | Organist | Worthing | ||
J.K. | Milne | . | 33 Hanover Street, Edinburgh | ||
John | Molineux | Organist & Choirmaster | St.Paul's, Sketty, Swansea | ||
Thomas | Molineux | . | Dallon Street, Manchester | ||
W.H. | Monk | . | King's College, London | ||
E.G. | Monk** | Professor of Music | St.Peter's College, Radley, nr.Abingdon | ||
C. | Moran | . | Holyhead | ||
Charles | Morine | Organist | St.Mary's Catholic Church, Burnley | ||
Rev.T.B. | Morrell | Rector | Henley on Thames | ||
W. | Morton | . | Trinity College, Oxford | ||
Very Rev.Viscount | Mountmorris | . | The Deanery, Achonroy, Ballymate | ||
J.Seymour | Murphy | Organbuilder ++ | Duncan Street, Cork | ||
T. | Musgrave | . | Scarborough | ||
J.Sykes | Musicseller | . | Leeds | ||
W. | Nelson | Professor of Music | Fulneck, nr.Leeds | ||
Jonathan | Newall | Music Warehouse | Ashton under Lyne | ||
John | Nicholson | Organbuilder ++ | Worcester | ||
Richard | Nicholson | Organbuilder ++ | Rochdale | ||
F. | Nicholson | . | Eagle Quay, Manchester | ||
J.S. | Noble | Organist | Christ Church, Spitalfields | ||
John | Norbury jun. | . | 5 Finsbury Square | ||
John | Norman | Professor of Music | Rochester | ||
R.W. | Nottingham | Organist | Christ Church, Streatham | ||
Alfred | Nuth | . | Wilts & Dorset Bank, Fordingbridge | ||
Henry | Nutter | Organist | St.Paul, Tunstall | ||
Rear Admiral | O'Brien | . | Fareham, Hants | ||
Rev.Daniel | O'Keefe | . | 12 Clarendon Villas, Brook Green, Hammersmith | ||
Edward | Oakden | Organist | Manchester | ||
Charles | Oakes | . | Riddings House, Derbyshire | ||
Samuel | Oldham sen. | Professor of Music | Hyde, nr.Manchester | ||
Mr. | Orborne | . | nr.Worcester | ||
W. | Orr | Professor of Music | Bank Street, Kilburnie, nr.Kettering | ||
Rev.Sir Frederick Gore | Ouseley | Precentor/Professor | Hereford Cathedal/Oxford University | ||
William | Owen | . | Tremadoc | ||
Benjamin | Palmer jun. | Organist | St.Paul, Clapham | ||
Septimus | Parker | . | Leatherhead | ||
Mr. | Partridge | Organist | St.Thomas, Coventry | ||
Wm. | Parvin | Organbuilder ++ | Bolton le Moors | ||
George | Pearce | . | Guernsey | ||
James | Pearson | Organist | St.Thomas, Manchester | ||
Dr.James | Pech | . | St.Columb Choir, Kensington Park | ||
A.J. | Peckett | Professor of Music | Scarboro' | ||
Mr. | Penny | Bookseller | Frome | ||
Rev.Joseph F. | Phelps | . | St.John's Newfoundland | ||
John Sutherland | Philipps | . | 3 Berkeley Place, Cheltenham | ||
J.W. | Phillips | Professor of Music | Wakefield | ||
Percival | Phillips | Professor of Music | Sheffield | ||
James | Pirie | Organist | St.James Guernsey | ||
Rev.Charles | Pressley | . | Fraserburgh, NB | ||
Thomas G. | Preston | Organist | Docking, Norfolk | ||
Alfred | Price | . | Rignum Villa, Gloucester | ||
Henry E. | Prout | . | Plymouth | ||
William | Radley | Steward to Lord Colvill | South Villa, Lambeth | ||
J.T. | Rawlings | Organist | St.Julian, Shrewsbury | ||
William | Rea | Organist | St.Andrew, Undershaft | ||
Richard | Redhead | Organist | All Saints, Marylebone: 46 Upper Gower Street, Bedford Square | ||
J.Westbrook | Reed | . | Radleigh Lodge, Tulse Hill, Surrey | ||
Mr. | Reeves | . | St.Helen's, nr. Liverpool | ||
Miss | Revell | Organist | Chelsea College | ||
James | Rhodes | Musicseller | Darley Street, Bradford | ||
John | Rhodes | Organist | St.George, Southwark | ||
Brinley | Richards | Professor | RAM | ||
Thomas B. | Richardson | Organist | Swindon, Wilts. | ||
J. | Richardson | . | Sheffield | ||
T. | Rider | Organist | Leeds | ||
Rev.Arthur | Rigg | . | Chester | ||
T.J.F. | Robson | Organbuilder ++ | 101 St.Martin's Lane | ||
Edward Hearle | Rodd | . | Penzance | ||
John | Roe | Organist | Christ Church, St.Pancras: 52 Stanhope Street, Regent's Park | ||
Handel | Rogers | Organist | Limerick Cathedral | ||
Jeremiah | Rogers | Organist | Doncaster Parish Church | ||
R.L. | Rooke | Hon.Secretary | P.C.Choir, Leeds | ||
Mr. | Room | Organbuilder ++ | Preston, Lancs | ||
R.R. | Ross | . | Manchester | ||
J.D. | Rost | Organist | St.Paul, Dock Street | ||
Rev.Frederick | Rouch | Minor Canon | Canterbury & Vicar of Lower Halstow, Kent | ||
George T. | Ruck | . | 19 St.Dunstan's Hill | ||
Silas | Ruck | . | Raleigh Lodge, Tulse Hill, Surrey | ||
J.B. | Rudd | . | Guisbro', Yorkshire | ||
John | Rumsey | Organist | Shepton Mallett | ||
Rev.Lacy Henry | Rumsey | . | Jamaica, West Indies | ||
. | Sacred Harmonic Society | . | Exeter Hall | ||
James | Sanders | Organist | St.Francis Xavier, Liverpool | ||
Douglas | Savory | . | 65 Marland Place, Southampton | ||
Mrs. | Scaife | . | Leicester | ||
Victor | Schoelcher | . | . | ||
G. | Scobell | . | . | ||
Frederick | Second | Organist | Darlington | ||
Richard | Seed | Conductor | Ardwick Gentlemen's Glee Club, Manchester | ||
Edwin | Shargool | Organist | St.Mary's, Stafford | ||
W.H. | Sharman | . | New Street, Birmingham | ||
Edward | Sharp | Organist | Asylum for Female Orphans, 12 Fludyer Street, Westminster | ||
J. | Shaw | Organist | Christ Church, Preston | ||
Benjamin | Shaw | . | Gillygate, York | ||
W. | Shelmerdine | Organist | Mechanics Hall and Derby Road Chapel, Nottingham | ||
Henry S. | Simes | . | Westfield Gardens, Brighton | ||
E. | Simms | Organist | Coventry | ||
H. | Simms | Organist | Birmingham | ||
R.H. | Simms | Organist & Professor of Music | Wrexham | ||
John | Simpson | Organist | Bradford Parish Church | ||
G. | Simpson | Professor of Music | Hanley | ||
William | Slater jun. | . | 75 Princess Street, Manchester | ||
Henry | Smart** | Organist | St.Luke's: 4 Regent's Park Terrace | ||
Sir George T. | Smart** | Organist | & Composer to HM Chapel Royal | ||
G. | Smee | . | Bank of England | ||
James | Smith | Musicseller | 66 Lord Street, Liverpool | ||
J.O. | Smith | Organist | Christ Church, Cheltenham | ||
E.F. | Smith | Professor of Music | Liverpool | ||
Samuel | Smith | . | Willow Cottage, Egham Hill | ||
William | Smith | . | Allerton Hall, Gledhow, nr.Leeds | ||
Messrs. | Smith, Elder & Co. | . | Cornhill | ||
Rev.A Bowyer | Smyth | . | Attleborough Rectory, Norfolk | A descendant informs me that the name of this subscriber was Alfred Bowyer-Smyth. | |
George Henry | South | Organist | Sheffield Parish Church | ||
W. | Southern | Organist | St.Mary's Leamington | ||
T.B. | Southgate | Professor of Music/Organist | Highgate/St.Anne's Highgate Rise | ||
Edward J. | Spark | Choir Master | Bury Parish Church, Lancs. | ||
W. | Spark | Professor of Music | Leeds | ||
William | Stacey | Music Warehouse | 93 West Street, Sheffield | ||
George | Staniland | Organbuilder ++ | Abingdon | ||
W. | Staton | Organist | St.Mary, Harrow on the Hill | ||
Charles E. | Stephens | Organist | Holy Trinity, Bishop's Road,Paddington: 2 Howley Place, Maida Hill | ||
W.F. | Stephenson | Organist | Trinity Church, Ripon | ||
Edwin | Stevens | Organist | St.James Chapel, Jersey | ||
Rev.William H. | Stevens | . | Stoke Rectory, Guildford | ||
Robert B. | Stewart | . | 5 Buchanan Street, Glasgow | ||
Harold E. | Stidolph | . | Tunbridge | ||
Rev.Henry H. | Still | . | Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells | ||
Miss Elizabeth | Stirling | . | 3 Randall's Terrace, East India Road | ||
J.T. | Stone | . | Dartford, Kent | ||
Henry | Stonex | Organist | Regent Road, Great Yarmouth | ||
Mr. | Stothert | . | Oxford Street, Preston | ||
F.S. | Stott | Architect | Chapel Lane, Bradford, Yorks. | ||
Thomas | Street | . | Ealing | ||
William H. | Strickland | . | School for the Blind, York | ||
T. | Sturges | Organbuilder etc ++ | 13 York Street, Ramsgate | ||
H.W. | Stutfield | Organist | St.George's in the East | ||
H.G.Jukes de | Styrap | . | Langley, Bucks | ||
W. | Sudlow | . | Clapham | ||
Alfred Albert | Suggate | Professor of Music & Singing | Lowestoft | ||
William | Summers | . | 10 Great Marlborough Street, Regent Street | ||
F. | Swanson | . | Blackheath | ||
W.F. | Taylor | Professor of Music | Bristol | ||
James | Taylor** | Professor of Music | Gloucester | ||
W. | Telford | Organbuilder ++ | 109 St.Stephen's Green, Dublin | ||
E. | Thirtle | Organist | Boston Parish Church, Lincs. | ||
Charles | Thomas | Organist | Rye Parish Church | ||
John | Thompson | Organist | Abbey Church, Merevale | ||
George Edward | Thompson | . | Woodland House, Prospect Row, Woolwich, Kent | ||
E.H. | Thorn(e)** | Organist | Henley on Thames | ||
Thomas | Thorpe | Organist | Pateley Bridge, Ripon, Yorks | According to a descendant Thorpe was a bookseller, and non-Conformist. | |
Edward | Thurnam | Organist | Reigate Parish Church, Surrey | ||
John Frederick | Thynne | Professor of Music | Tavistock, Devon | ||
W.B. | Tolputt | Organist | Folkestone Parish Church | ||
Charles James | Toms | Professor of Music | Liverpool | ||
C.A. | Townley | . | Burleigh Villa, Bridge Road, St.john's Wood | ||
John | Townsend | Music Warehouse | Manchester | ||
Henry | Townsend | . | Stanton House, Hinckley | ||
Thomas Tallis | Trimnell | Organist | Chesterfield Parish Church | ||
H.J. | Trust | Organist | St.Mary's Church, Paddington | ||
Dr.S.P. | Tuckerman | . | Boston, US | ||
E.H. | Turpin | Organist | Catholic Chapel, Nottingham | ||
James | Vaudrey | . | London | ||
Charles | Venables jun. | Conductor | Taplow & Maidenhead Amateur Choral Society | ||
Mr. | Vent | . | 25 Brudenell Place, New North Road, Hoxton | ||
F.Gerald | Vesey | . | Trinity College, Cambridge | ||
Charles J. | Vincent | Organist | St.Michael, Houghton le Spring Parish Church | ||
E. | Violette | Organbuilder ++ | 43 King's Road, Camden Town | ||
Rev. | Walkem | Chaplain | Altrincham Union, Knutsford, Cheshire | ||
Joseph | Walker | Organbuilder ++ | 27 Francis Street, Bedford Square | ||
Henry | Walker | Organist | Upper Temple Street, Manchester | ||
Alfred | Walker | . | Hodge Lane, Horbury, nr.Wakefield | ||
William | Walker | . | 110 Constitution Street, (Town Hall) Leith | ||
H.B. | Walmisley | late Organist | Holy Trinity, 18 Cowley Street, Westminster | ||
T.A. | Walmisley** | University Professor | Trinity College, Cambridge | ||
Miss | Warren | Organist | Royston | ||
E. | Warren | . | 1 Saxon Street, Dover | ||
Joseph | Warren | . | 20 Conduit Street, London | ||
A. | Wastfield | Organist | 3 Queen's Place, Caermarthen | ||
J. | Watts | Organist | Ormskirk | ||
T. | Webster | . | Liverpool | ||
W. | Whately | QC | . | ||
E.W. | Whimfield | Conservative Club | . | ||
Thomas Wolsey | White | Professor of Music | Brighton | ||
John | White | . | Liverpool | ||
Isaac J | Whitmore | . | Boughton, Worcs | ||
J. | Whitthorn | . | Chatham | ||
Mr. | Whomes | Organist | Woolwich | ||
Charles | Wilberforce | Organist | Unitarian Chapel, Renshaw St.,Liverpool | ||
Joseph | Wilkie | . | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
John H. | Willcox | . | Boston, US | ||
W. | Williams | Organist | St.Martin's Church, Jersey | ||
Rev David | Williams | Prebendary | Winchester & Warden, New College, Oxford | ||
Henry | Willis | Organbuilder ++ | Manchester Street, King's Cross, London | ||
John | Willis | . | Beverley | ||
William | Wilson | Organist | St.James, Garlick, Hythe | ||
J.M. | Wilson | . | Esplanade, Bridlington Quay | ||
Miss E.L. | Winn | . | Nostell Priory, Wakefield | ||
Edwin | Winscom | Organist | 20 South End, Croydon | ||
T. | Wood | Organist | Huddersfield | ||
Samuel | Wood | . | Clitheroe | ||
B. | Woodward | Organist | St.Paul, Wednesbury | ||
William W. | Woodward | Organist | St.Mary's Catholic Church, Derby | ||
Charles | Woolcott | . | 5 St.Paul's Church Yard | ||
W.B. | Wray | late Organist & Choirmaster | Blind Asylum, Liverpool | ||
A. | Wright | Organist | Birmingham | ||
R.W. | Wyllie | . | Exeter Cathedral | ||
P. | Yardley | Organist & Professor of Music | Bishop's Stortford | ||
Rev.W.Vaughan | Yarworth | . | Westbury upon Trym, nr.Bristol | ||
W.S. | Yeo | Professor of Music | Plymouth | ||
Alfred | Yeomans | Professor of Music | Stourbridge | ||
Robert | Young | Organist | Berwick upon Tweed | ||
Rev.Thomas Drake | Young | . | Parsonage, Sutton Bridge, nr.Wisbeach | ||
John M.W. | Young** | Organist | Lincoln Cathedral |
Richard Hird fecit
January 2000