Sir John Stainer was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today, was very popular during his lifetime. His work as choir trainer and organist set standards for Anglican church music that are still influential.
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Sir John Stainer
St Michael's College, Tenbury
Interior of Magdalen College Chapel
St Paul's Cathedral at about the time Stainer was organist
Engraving of the interior of St Paul's Cathedral
Group of musicians (including John Stainer) that performed Haydn's Toy Symphony at St James Hall, on behalf of a charity, 1880 - Sir Arthur Sullivan is on the first row sitting on the floor.
Caricature published in Vanity Fair in 1891
The grave of Sir John Stainer in Holywell Cemetery in Oxford in 2024Awards 1
Musicians born in the 1840s 6
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Sir John Stainer was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today, was very popular during his lifetime. His work as choir trainer and organist set standards for Anglican church music that are still influential. He was also active as an academic, becoming Heather Professor of Music at Oxford.
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