James Turle
James Turle (5 March 1802 – 28 June 1882) was an English organist and composer, best known today as the writer of several widely sung Anglican chants and the hymn tune "Westminster" sung to the words of Frederick William Faber "My God, how wonderful thou art". Turle was born in Taunton, Somerset, and started as a choirboy at Wells Cathedral. In 1817 he became a pupil of George Ebenezer Williams, organist at Westminster Abbey in London, and after acting as deputy for some years he succeeded to this post himself in 1831 and held it until his death.
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James Turle
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- James Turle was born on 5 March 1802.
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- James Turle died on 28 June 1882.
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- James Turle is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- James Turle is recorded with the occupation organist.
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He and Sir John Goss, the organist at St Paul's Cathedral, had been fellow pupils in London as boys. Turle was a great organist in his day, and composed a good deal of church music which was well known. His son Henry Frederic Turle (1835–1883) was a journalist.
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James Turle (5 March 1802 – 28 June 1882) is described as a composer and organist in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. James Turle was born on 5 March 1802 in Taunton, United Kingdom and died on 28 June 1882 in London.
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