C. H. Trevor
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Caleb Henry Trevor (b Much Wenlock, Shropshire, March 17, 1895; d London, June 16, 1976) was an English organist, music editor and teacher.Stanley Webb, rev Paul Hale. [https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000028342?rskey=YmmK96&result=1 'Trevor, C(aleb) H(enry)'] in Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press, 2008). Online resource, accessed 17 December 2022.
Life
C. H. Trevor was the son of Henry John Trevor. He studied at - and graduated from - Oxford University.[https://www.organ-biography.info/index.php?id=Trevor_CH_1895 'C. H. Trevor']. Biographical Dictionary of the Organ. Online resource, accessed 17 December 2022. On 29 April 1930 he married Joan Lucy Fremantle with whom he had a son.
= Organist =
Although largely self-taught as an organist C H Trevor was appointed to a series of prestigious organist and teaching posts. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/958603 'Obituary: Caleb Henry Trevor']. The Musical Times Vol. 117, No. 1602 (Aug., 1976), p. 680. In 1971 the Council of the UK’s Royal College of Organists conferred on Trevor an honorary membership and at the same time awarded him the College’s Fellowship diploma (F.R.C.O.) honoris causa.The Musical Times, Vol. 112, No. 1540 (June 1971), p. 595.
==Organist posts==
- [n.d.][ Organist of St. Michael's-at-the-North-Gate, Oxford.
- [n.d.] Organist to the Honourable Society of Lincolns Inn, London.
- 1926–27. Sub-organist at Wells Cathedral.
- 1927-37(?). Organist of St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata.
- 1937–64. Organist of St Peter's Eaton Square, London.
As a recitalist he was noted above all for Baroque music, though a series of broadcasts in 1935 did much to awaken interest in Reger's organ music
= Teacher =
- [n.d.] Director of Music at Sherborne School.
- 1936(?)–64. Professor or Organ at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
His Royal Academy of Music pupils have included:
- Kenneth Alwyn
- Hazel Davies'Music at Brecon Cathedral'. Ecclesiology Today 1996 xi, p.9
- David Patrick Gedge
- Sir Nicholas Jackson[https://issuu.com/radleycollege/docs/old_radleian_2016 'Sir Nicholas Jackson'], The Old Radleian 2016. p.64. Online resource, accessed 17 December 2022.
- Alistair Jones[http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=chiswickchoiranniversary001.htm 'Alistair Jones'].ChsiwockW4.com. Online resource, accessed 17 December 2022.
- Simon Preston
- Christopher Regan[http://little-dai.com/page40.html 'Obituary: Christopher Peter William Regan']. Little Dai. Online resource, accessed 17 December 2022.
- Barry Rose
- Anthony Saunders[https://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/about-us/birmingham-conservatoire-tutors-and-staff/antony-saunders 'Anthony Saunders']. Birmingham Royal Conservatory. Online resource, accessed 17 December 2022.
- Martindale Sidwell
Trevor's 'Oxford Organ Method' [Oxford University Press, 1971] became an overnight bestseller ... widely used tutor.
= Editor =
His abiding legacy is in the large number of series of graded anthologies of organ music he edited. These contain works of all periods, many of them by composers then largely unknown to British organists.
- 1957 The Progressive Organist series (pub. Elkin & Co. and later continued by Oxford University Press)'Trevor, C. H. (Caleb Henry) 1895-1976'. OCLC WorldCat. Online resource accessed 17 December 2022.
- 1960. A second book of wedding pieces (pub. Oxford University Press)
- 1060. An Album of memorial and funeral music (pub. Oxford University Press)
- 1960. Organ music for Christmas (pub. Oxford University Press)
- 1962. Seasonal chorale preludes for manuals only (pub. Oxford University Press)
- 1963. Communion by Charles Gounod : for organ (pub. Elkin & Co.)
- 1963. Seasonal chorale preludes, with pedals (pub. Oxford University Press)
- 1964. A concise school of fugal playing (pub. Oxford University Press)
- 1964. A concise school of trio playing for organ (pub. Oxford University Press)
- 1966. Old English organ music for manuals (pub. Oxford University Press)
- 1971. A Bach organ book for students (pub. Oxford University Press)
- 1972. Organ music for manuals (pub. Oxford University Press)
- 1972. Two Passion-tide anthems by Charles Gounod (pub. Novello)
- 1974. Short chorale preludes : with and without pedals. (pub. Oxford University Press)
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