John Henry Norrison Camidge
John Henry Norrison Camidge (8 December 1853 – 22 September 1939) was a composer and organist based in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Also recorded as John Camidge
John Henry Norrison Camidge
- Born
- 1853
- Died
- 1939
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages
- English
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John Henry Norrison Camidge (8 December 1853 – 22 September 1939) was a composer and organist based in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire.
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John Henry Norrison Camidge was a composer of United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland nationality. John Henry Norrison Camidge was born in 1853. Death followed in 1939. The language is English.
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He was born in 1853, the son of Thomas Simpson Camidge, and baptised in St. Michael-le-Belfrey on 5 January 1854. He was a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. He matriculated in 1875. He was appointed organist at Beverley Minster on 15 July 1876. He was also music master at Beverley High School and conductor of the Beverley Choral Society. He retired in 1933 but continued as Organist Emeritus until his death on 22 September 1939.
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• Organist at Beverley Minster 1876–1933
Compositions
He wrote: • 2 Evening Services • A dozen or so anthems • Chants in the New Catholic Chant Book • The Collegiate Psalter
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- 1.The Camidges of York: Five Generations of a Musical Family. David Griffiths. Borthwick Publications, 2010
- 2.Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 27 September 1939
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