John Matthew Wilson Young
British organist
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| Intro | British organist | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Organist | |
| Work field | Music | |
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| Birth | 17 December 1822 | |
| Death | 4 March 1897 (aged 74 years) |
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Biography
John Matthew Wilson Young (17 December 1822; Durham – 4 March 1897; Lincoln) was an English organist. He was elder brother to William James Young (1836; Durham - 1913; Lancashire), also a well-known English organist. John M.W. Young was buried in the cemetery at East Gate in Lincoln. He married Augusta Frushard (1820; Lambeth - 1902; Lincoln), youngest daughter of Philip Frushard (13 October 1783 India - 5 July 1837 Durham), the Governor of Durham Gaol, and Anna Maria Pewsey his wife, on 8 July 1851 at St. Paul's Church, Deptford, Kent.
Career
He was successively:
- A chorister at Durham Cathedral
- Assistant Organist of Durham Cathedral, ? to 1850
- Organist of Lincoln Cathedral, 1850 to 1895
- West, John E. (1899) Cathedral Organists. London: Novello and Company
Publications
The psalter, as used in Lincoln Cathedral, John Matthew Wilson Young, Henry Wollaston Hutton, George John Bennett, W.K. Morton & Sons, 1912
Children
- Augusta Anna Maria Young (1852–1921)
- John Frederick Sebastion Young (1853–1873)
- Philip Frushard Young (1855–?)
- Edward Muir Young (ca. 1857–1915)
- Alfred Hamilton Frushard Young (1858–1918)
- Walter Frushard Young (ca. 1859–1875)
- Rosetta Catherine Young (1860–ca. 1914)
- Ada Frushard Young (1862–1943)
- Richard Samuel Frushard Young (1868–1894)