Sidney Scholfield Campbell (born 1909 in
London
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and died on 4 June 1974 in
Windsor) was an English organist.
Education
He studied organ under
Ernest Bullock
Sir Ernest Bullock (1890–1979) was an English organist, composer, and teacher. He was organist of Exeter Cathedral from 1917 to 1928 and of Westminster Abbey from 1928 to 1941. In the latter post he was jointly responsible for the music at the ...
and
Harold Darke
Harold Edwin Darke (29 October 1888 – 28 November 1976) was an English composer and organist. He is particularly known for his choral compositions, which are an established part of the respertoire of Anglican church music. Darke had a fifty-y ...
. In 1931 he was awarded the
FRCO.
Career
He was
*organist of
St. Margaret's Church, Leytonstone
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1927 to 1929
*organist of
Chigwell Parish Church 1929 to 1931
*organist of
West Ham Parish Church 1931 to 1937
*organist of
St. Matthew's, West Ham 1931 to 1936
*organist of
St. Peter's Church, Croydon
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* Stanza, in poetry
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1937 - 1943
*organist of
St. Peter's Church, Wolverhampton 1943 to 1947
*organist of
Ely Cathedral
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The cathedral has its origins in AD 672 when St Etheldreda built an abbey church. The prese ...
1949 to 1953
*organist of
Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral ( ) or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge. It is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwar ...
1953 to 1956
*organist of
Canterbury Cathedral 1956 to 1961
*organist of
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
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1961 - 1974.
[''The Times'', 6 June 1974.]
Sidney Campbell was also organist of St Clements Church in
Sandwich, Kent
Sandwich is a town and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England. It lies on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports and still has many original medieval buildings, including sev ...
.
References
Cathedral organists
1909 births
1974 deaths
Fellows of the Royal College of Organists
20th-century classical musicians
Organists of Ely Cathedral
20th-century organists
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