SIR FREDERICK BRIDGE
Sii' Frederick Bridge, speaking at a dinner given in his honour hy ! he Music. Club on his itlireiiient from ihe post of organist at Westminster Abbey, said that during the forty-four years of ins appointment he had servwl under throe Sovereigns and four .Deans. Three organists had served at St. Paul's during thatperiod, and, with the exception' of Dr. Keotoii. of Peterborough, he had seen nil the cathedral organists in England appointed to their posts. * Lord Krnltf, who presided- at the dinner, said'that when Sir Troderiuk was appointed to AWs.tminster in IR"S music was at a low i;l>b. .Dean .Stanley'* favourite instrument being ihe big drum. But Sir Frederick explained that he- had played tho drums in ihe "Dead March" in Saul c.hielly from hints received from tins Dean himself. "Onco," he said,"Dean Stanley ''nme 1o hear me plav the "Dead Moreh." and T succeeded iii piitlini! in more dnims than ilie iistonDean had heard before, or anybody else ha.y heard since."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 223, 14 June 1919, Page 10
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165SIR FREDERICK BRIDGE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 223, 14 June 1919, Page 10
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