Samuel Peirson
{{Short description|English organist}}
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Career
Peirson succeeded John Reading as Organist of Chichester Cathedral in October 1677. He was suspended for three months in 1711 for his public assertion that "the late King William was a pickpocket... he had no more religion than a dog!". It was during Peirson's tenure of office that Renatus Harris installed the Main Organ in the cathedral.[https://books.google.com/books?id=PiQ8AAAACAAJ&dq=Organs+And+Organists+of+Chichester+Cathedral&ei=TkFuSfuzFY6syAT5ovnnAw Organs and Organists of Chichester Cathedral] He died in office at Chichester.[http://www.organ-biography.info/index.php?id=Peirson_Samuel_17 Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Samuel Peirson]
See also
References
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Category:English classical organists