Christopher Dearnley

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Christopher Hugh Dearnley was born on 11 February 1930 in Wolverhampton. He was educated at Cranleigh School. He was organ scholar at Worcester College, Oxford, from 1948 to 1952. From 1954 to 1968 he was engaged at Salisbury Cathedral, as assistant organist and (in 1957) organist. He also was conductor of the Salisbury Medical and Orchestral Societies, and was joint conductor of the annual Southern Cathedrals Festival (a collaboration between the Salisbury, Chichester, and Winchester cathedrals).[2] Whilst organist at St Paul's he would greatly amuse the choristers by turning up for choir practice in his plus fours which he would also wear whilst cycling around the City of London early in the mornings doing a (presumably one of his children's) paper round. In 1963 he headed the faculty for the Wa-Li-Ro Choir School in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, along with Leo Sowerby and Paul Beymer.[3] On his retirement from St Paul's Cathedral, he was appointed LVO in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours list User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Great Cathedral Organs of England

Music for an Occasion / The Organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, London

The Organ of St. George's Hall, Liverpool

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Christmas Music from St. Paul's

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Coronation Anthems & Hymns

Boëllmann, Soler & Others: Organ Works

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Great Cathedral Organs of England, Vol. 2

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Music For An Occasion

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Howells: St Paul's Service

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Cathedral Organ Favourites

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Romantic Organ Music in Saint Paul Cathedral London

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Howells: Psalm-Preludes & Rhapsodies

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