Arthur Griffin Claypole (1882–1929) FRCO LTCL was a cathedral organist, who served in

Derby Cathedral The Cathedral Church of All Saints Derby, better known as Derby Cathedral, is a cathedral church in the city of Derby, England. In 1927, it was promoted from parish church status, to a cathedral, creating a seat for the Bishop of Derby, w ...

Background

Arthur Claypole was born in 1882 in

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

. He graduated from

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

as Bachelor of Music in 1902. He studied organ under

Haydn Keeton Haydn Keeton (26 October 1847, in Mosborough – 27 May 1921, in Peterborough) was a cathedral organist, who served at Peterborough Cathedral. Background Haydn Keeton was born in Mosborough. His father Edwin Keeton was organist at Eckington Pa ...

Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Church of England, Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Sain ...

and at the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

. He was awarded his Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists in 1903. He was Music Master at

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from 1904 to 1911. He then took the post of head teacher at

Derby School of Music Derby School of Music is an independent private music school originally established in 1885, based in Derby, England. It offers private tuition on musical instruments and music theory, and provides grade examinations with all the major music exam ...

from 1921-1929. He was on holiday in Leipzig in 1914 when the First World War broke out, and he was detained until after the Armistice. Whilst organist of Derby Cathedral he was also conductor of the Derby Orpheus Society. He died of coal gas poisoning following a nervous breakdown.''Former Organist found Dead''. Western Morning News. Monday 01 July 1929. p.7.

Career

Assistant Organist of: *

(1902–1903) Organist of: *

St. Luke's Church, Derby St. Luke's Church is a Grade II* listed parish church on Parliament Street in Derby in the Church of England. History The church was erected between 1868 and 1871 to designs by the architects Henry Isaac Stevens and Frederick Josias Robinson. Th ...

(1912–1914 and 1918–1921) *

(1921–1929)

References

1882 births 1929 deaths English classical organists Cathedral organists Fellows of the Royal College of Organists Alumni of Durham University Suicides by gas 20th-century organists 20th-century British male musicians 20th-century classical musicians British male classical organists {{organist-stub