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Vincent was born in Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham. He was a cho­ris­ter in Dur­ham Ca­thed­ral, and stu­died or­gan un­der Phil­ip Armes. From 1869–76 he served as or­gan­ist at Monk­wear­mouth Par­ish Church. He then tra­velled to Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny, for two years, re­turn­ing as or­gan­ist at Tav­is­tock Par­ish Church. From 1883–91, he played the or­gan at Christ Church, Hamp­stead. Af­ter­wards, he ex­am­ined for Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Lon­don. He found­ed The Or­gan­ist and Choir­mas­ter, 1893, and be­gan a mu­sic pub­lish­ing bus­i­ness in con­nec­tion with this, be­com­ing ve­ry succ­ess­ful. He al­so found­ed the firm of Rog­ers, pi­an­o­for­te mak­ers. After re­tir­ing in the late 1920’s, he lived at Hen­don.
Vincent was born in Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham. He was a cho­ris­ter in Dur­ham Ca­thed­ral, and stu­died or­gan un­der Phil­ip Armes. From 1869–76 he served as or­gan­ist at Monk­wear­mouth Par­ish Church. He then tra­velled to Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny, for two years, re­turn­ing as or­gan­ist at Tav­is­tock Par­ish Church. From 1883–91, he played the or­gan at Christ Church, Hamp­stead. Af­ter­wards, he ex­am­ined for Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Lon­don. He found­ed The Or­gan­ist and Choir­mas­ter, 1893, and a mu­sic pub­lish­ing bus­i­ness (the Vincent Music Company) in con­nec­tion with this, be­com­ing ve­ry succ­ess­ful. He al­so found­ed the firm of Rog­ers, pi­an­o­for­te mak­ers. After re­tir­ing in the late 1920’s, he lived at Hen­don.
He was awarded Mus. Doc. Oxford.
He was awarded Mus. Doc. Oxford.
He died in Monte Carlo, where he was buried.
He died in Monte Carlo, where he was buried.

Revision as of 12:03, 19 August 2020

Aliases: Charles John Vincent

Life

Born: 19 September 1852

Died: 23 February 1934

Biography

Vincent was born in Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham. He was a cho­ris­ter in Dur­ham Ca­thed­ral, and stu­died or­gan un­der Phil­ip Armes. From 1869–76 he served as or­gan­ist at Monk­wear­mouth Par­ish Church. He then tra­velled to Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny, for two years, re­turn­ing as or­gan­ist at Tav­is­tock Par­ish Church. From 1883–91, he played the or­gan at Christ Church, Hamp­stead. Af­ter­wards, he ex­am­ined for Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Lon­don. He found­ed The Or­gan­ist and Choir­mas­ter, 1893, and a mu­sic pub­lish­ing bus­i­ness (the Vincent Music Company) in con­nec­tion with this, be­com­ing ve­ry succ­ess­ful. He al­so found­ed the firm of Rog­ers, pi­an­o­for­te mak­ers. After re­tir­ing in the late 1920’s, he lived at Hen­don. He was awarded Mus. Doc. Oxford. He died in Monte Carlo, where he was buried.

His works in­clude:

The Chant Book Com­pan­ion
The Ang­li­can Or­gan­ist
Ruth, an or­a­tor­io

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List of choral works

 


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Publications

External links

{http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/v/i/n/vincent_cj.htm hymntime.com]