Charles Garland Verrinder (1839–1904)[1] was an Anglican organist and composer notable for his career in the composition and performance of Jewish music.[2]
Originally a boy chorister at Salisbury Cathedral, he trained as an organist under George Elvey. He read music at Oxford University, and received a Lambeth Degree in 1873.[1]
He was the first organist of the West London Synagogue, a position he held for 45 years. He brought an Anglican musical background to synagogue repertoire, arranging Jewish melodies for choir and organ, and forging a novel Anglo-Jewish musical identity as well as bringing Jewish music to a wider audience.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Wollenberg, Susan (2016). "Charles Garland Verrinder and Music at the West London Synagogue, 1859-1904". In Zon, Bennet (ed.). Music and Performance Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Essays in Honour of Nicholas Temperley. Routledge. ISBN 9781317092384.
- ^ a b Padley, Danielle (2020). "Tracing Jewish Music beyond the Synagogue: Charles Garland Verrinder's Hear my cry O God". Nineteenth-Century Music Review. 17 (2): 181–223. doi:10.1017/S1479409819000193. ISSN 1479-4098. S2CID 198042740.