Turpin, Edmund Hart

TURPIN, Edmund Hart, distinguished organist, was born at Nottingham May 4, 1835; was local organist at the age of thirteen; also studied composition and piano, and became practically acquainted with the instruments of the orchestra and military band. In 1857 he came to London, and since 1869 has been fixed at St. George's, Bloomsbury, and is one of the most prominent of the London organists. In 1875 he became Hon. Secretary of the College of Organists, to which excellent institution...