Samuel Peirson (c. 1647 - 1720) was an
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organist
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.
Career
Peirson succeeded
John Reading 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 ...
in October 1677. He was suspended for three months in 1711 for his public assertion that "''the late
King William was a pickpocket... he had no more religion than a dog!''". It was during Peirson's tenure of office that
Renatus Harris
Renatus Harris (c. 1652 - 1724) was an English master organ maker in England in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
During the period of the Commonwealth, in the mid-seventeenth century, Puritans controlled the country and o ...
installed the
Main Organ in the cathedral. He died in office at Chichester.
Biographical Dictionary of the Organ , Samuel Peirson
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See also
*Organs and organists of Chichester Cathedral
The organs of Chichester Cathedral are the major source of instrumental music at the cathedral, being played for daily services and accompanying the choir, as well as being used for concerts and recitals. There has been organ music at Chichester ...
References
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1640s births
1720 deaths
English classical organists
British male organists
Cathedral organists
Male classical organists