Sir john stainer biography

John Stainer

John Stainer was born in 1840 in London England.

Sir John Stainer (6 June – 31 March ) was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today was very popular during his.

Sir John Stainer was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today, was very popular during his lifetime.

Sir John Stainer (born June 6, , London, Eng. —died March 31, , Verona, Italy) was an.

Sir John Stainer (6 June – 31 March ) was an English composer and organist whose music, though not generally much performed today (except for The.

Stainer was a scholar as well as a composer.

His father was a schoolmaster at St. Thomas’s School in Southwark. Although he came from relatively humble circumstances, he received encouragement for his life-long dedication to music. His father was a pianist, organist and flautist and his home had at least five pianos and one chamber organ.

John learned to play the organ very young, mastering Bach’s Fugue in E major by the age of seven.

In 1848 Stainer became a probationer at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School and the following year was admitted as a full chorister.

Stainer's life is a story of extraordinary social mobility.

Although a fine singer, he was also dedicated to other branches of musical education. He played the organ at St. Paul's occasionally and was appointed organist at the church of St. Benedict and St. Peter, St. Paul's Warf, London in 1854.

While he was there, Si