Stainer, SIR JOHN

Stainer, SIR JOHN, organist and composer, was born in London, 4th June 1840, and became a chorister in St Paul's Cathedral. He was made organist of Magdalen College at Oxford in 1859, and there he successively took the degrees of Mus. Bac., B.A., Mus. Doc., and M.A. In 1872 he became organist of St Paul's Cathedral. He holds numerous other appointments, such as inspector of music to the Education Department, and professor of Music at Oxford (1889). In 1888 he was knighted. Among his works are the cantatas The Daughter of Jairus (1878) and St Mary Magdalen (1883), a Treatise on Harmony (5th ed. 1881), a Dictionary of Musical Terms (conjointly with W. A. Barrett, 3d ed. 1888), and several smaller primers and books on music.