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Stainer (SIR JOHN STAMFORD to his th)

SIR JOHN STAMFORD to his 16th year; appointed organist first STALYBRIDGE, a cotton town of at St. Michael's College, Tenbury, then in 1859 to Magdalen College, Oxford, and ultimately in 1872 to St. Paul's.

While at Oxford he graduated both in arts and music. He was inspector of music to the Educational Department and the author of the oratorio "Gideon" (1865); the cantatas, "The Daughter of Jairus," "Mary Magdalene," "The Crucifixion"; a treatise on the "Theory of Harmony" (1871); "Music of the Bible" (1879); "Organ Playing"; etc.; joint author with W. A. Barrett of "Dictionary of Musical Terms" (1876), and editor of "Music Primers." He died in 1901.