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Daniel Joseph Wood, 1849 - 1919 FRCO 1873; was an English organist. Daniel Wood was a
chorister A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...
and pupil of J. L. Hopkins at
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. He came to
Chichester Chichester () is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. It is the only ci ...
after six years as Organist of Boston Parish Church, Lincs., and followed the then current fashion of a short stay as Organist of
Chichester Cathedral Chichester Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester. It is located in Chichester, in West Sussex, England. It was founded as a cathedral in 1075, when the seat of the ...
, before moving to
Exeter Cathedral Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 140 ...
where he was Organist from 1876 to 1919.Organs and Organists of Chichester Cathedral
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Brown, James Duff and Stephen Samuel Stratton. British Musical Biography page 455. S.S. Stratton. 1897. (ex Harvard University) Digitized October 25, 2007. Online. January 20, 2009
Cathedral organists British classical organists British male organists 1849 births 1919 deaths Organists & Masters of the Choristers of Chichester Cathedral Alumni of New College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal College of Organists 19th-century classical musicians 19th-century British male musicians Male classical organists {{organist-stub