Sydney Harry Franz Weale (1881–1943) was a cathedral organist, who served in

St Columb's Cathedral St Columb's Cathedral in the walled city of Derry, Northern Ireland, is the cathedral church and episcopal see of the Church of Ireland's Diocese of Derry and Raphoe. It is also the parish church of Templemore. It is dedicated to Saint Columba ...

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and was borough organist for

Stoke on Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England. It has an estimated population of 259,965 as of 2022, making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire and one of the largest cities of ...

Background

He was educated at Ludlow in Shrosphire.

Career

Assistant organist of: *

St David's Cathedral St Davids Cathedral () is a Church in Wales cathedral situated in St Davids, Britain's smallest city, in the county of Pembrokeshire, near the most westerly point of Wales. Early history A monastic community was founded by Saint David, Abbot o ...

1899 - 1901 * Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent 1901 - 1903 *

Southwell Minster Southwell Minster_(church), Minster, strictly since 1884 Southwell Cathedral, and formally the Cathedral and Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Church of England cathedral in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. The cathedral is the s ...

1903 - 1904 * St. John's Episcopal Church

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

1904 - 1909 Organist of: *M.N.C. Church,

Mapplewell Mapplewell is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. Formerly part of the now defunct Barnsley West and Penistone borough constituency, following the Boundary Commission for England's report on South ...

1894 - 1895 *Westgate Church, Barnsley 1895 - 1898 *

Conisbrough Conisbrough () is a town within the City of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is roughly midway between Doncaster and Rotherham, and is built alongside the River Don, South Yorkshire, River Don at . It has a ward population (Conisbrou ...

Parish Church 1898 - 1899 *Barony Parish Church, Glasgow 1909 - 1911 *

1911 - 1913 *

Bridlington Priory Priory Church of St Mary, Bridlington, , commonly known as Bridlington Priory Church is a parish church in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the Diocese of York. It is on the site of an Augustinians, Augustinian priory founded i ...

1914 - 1920 *Borough of Stoke on Trent 1920 - 1943

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weale, Sydney 1881 births 1943 deaths Cathedral organists English classical organists 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century British male musicians British male classical organists