JCB
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English composer and organist
A.K.A.
Joseph Bridge
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
16 August 1853(Rochester, Medway, Kent, South East England)
Death:
1 January 1929
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Joseph Cox Bridge (1853-1929) was an English organist and composer.
Biography
He was born at Rochester, Kent, studied under John Hopkins, and from 1871 to 1876 was organist of Exeter College, Oxford. In 1877 he became organist of Chester Cathedral. There he revived the Chester triennial festival.
Works
His works include an oratorio, Daniel (1885); a Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, in C, for voice and orchestra (1879); and considerable organ-music, anthems, and part-songs.