George Cooper (organist)
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George Cooper (1820 – 1876) was an English
music educator
.
Born in
Chapel Royal, St. James's.[1]
His students included Canadian organist Romain-Octave Pelletier I;[2] English organists Edmund Chipp, Langdon Colborne, Walter Parratt, John Stainer and Henry Willis; English conductor Henry Wood; and Arthur Sullivan, English composer.
He died in Holborn, and his funeral was held in St. Paul's Cathedral.
Positions held
- Organist of St Benet's, Paul's Wharf, 1833–1844
- Organist of SS Anne and Agnes, 1836–1844
- Assistant Organist of St Paul's Cathedral, 1838–1876
- Organist of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, 1843–1876
- Organist and Choir Master of Christ's Hospital, 1844–1876
- Organist and Choir Master of Chapel Royal, St. James's, 1867–1876
References
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Notes
- ^ The organ and its masters by Henry Charles Lahee, L. C. Page & company, 1903, pg 193
- ^ Gilles Potvin. "Romain-Octave Pelletier I". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 5 May 2006.
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