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British organist
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Biography
Introduction
Herbert Stephen Irons (19 January 1834 in Canterbury – 29 June 1905), was an English Organist. He also wrote hymns including the tune "Southwell".
Career
He was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral. He was an organ pupil of Dr. Stephen Elvey at Oxford.
He was
- Organist of St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham 1856 - 1857,
- Organist of Southwell Minster 1857 - 1872
- Assistant Organist of Chester Cathedral 1873 - 1876
- Organist of St. Andrew's Church, Nottingham 1876 - 1905
- ^ Cathedral Organists, John E. West, London, Novello and Company, 1899.
- The Succession of Organists, Watkins Shaw, 1991
Compositions
The hymn tune Southwell.