Joseph Cox Bridge - Chester, Cheshire, England, UK.
N 53° 11.507 W 002° 53.480
30U E 507260 N 5893610
A memorial tablet to commemorate Joseph Cox Bridge is located in Chester Cathedral.
Waymark Code: WMXVB2
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/01/2018
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The memorial is stone plaque located on the wall inside Chester Cathedral.
The inscription on the tablet reads as follows;
'TO THE MEMORY OF
JOSEPH COX BRIDGE
M.A..MUS.DOC.(OXON) F.S.A.,F.R.S.O.,
PROFESSOR OF MUSIC DURHAM UNIVERSITY
PRINCIPAL OF TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC
LONDON.
BORN 16 AUG.1853. DIED 29 MAR.1929
BURIED AT ST.ALBANS.HERTS
FOR FORTY EIGHT YEARS ORGANIST &
MASTER OF THE CHORISTERS OF THIS
CATHEDRAL CHURCH 1877 TO 1925.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS FAMILY
OLD CHORISTERS AND FRIENDS AS A
TRIBUTE OF THE AFFECTION AND
ESTEEM IN WHICH HE WAS HELD.
"O PRAISE THE LORD WITH ME AND
LET US MAGNIFY HIS NAME TOGETHER"
PS XXXIV.3.'
Joseph Cox Bridge (1853-1929) was an English organist and composer who was born at Rochester in Kent. He studied under John Hopkins, and from 1871 to 1876 was organist of Exeter College in Oxford. In 1877 he became organist of Chester Cathedral where he revived the Chester triennial festival.
The first event directed by Bridge took the form of a two day festival held on 23rd and 24th July in 1879 in aid of the cathedrals restoration fund. In 1882 the festival was expanded to include six concerts and became a popular triennial event. He conducted every festival between 1879 and 1900. (
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