John Stainer

JOHN STAINER (1840-1901) was one of Britain's leading church musicians in the late-19th century. He was a chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, at age seven, and became a church organist at 14. He was trained at Christ Church, Oxford, and St. Edmund Hall. Stainer was appointed organist at Magdalen College when he was 20 and at University College one year later. He succeeded Sir John Goss as organist of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1872 and served in this capacity until failing eyesight forced him to retire in 1888. Stainer was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1888 and returned to Oxford University as professor of music until his death. He wrote over 150 hymn tunes, plus anthems, cantatas and oratorios, including the well-known work The Crucifixion. In a long list of publications, he co-edited the Dictionary of Musical Terms (1879), wrote the Music of the Bible (1879), and was musical editor for Church Hymnary (1898).

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