Born: Sep­tem­ber 11, 1844, Lam­bourn, Berk­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 23, 1916, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: St. Paul’s Ca­thed­ral, Lon­don.

Martin first served as or­gan­ist at Lam­bourn Church. He then stu­died un­der John Stain­er, or­gan­ist of Mag­da­len Coll­ege, Ox­ford (to which he reg­u­lar­ly cy­cled the 22 miles from his home for les­sons). Mar­tin earned his BMus de­gree in 1871, and be­came or­gan­ist to the pri­vate cha­pel of the Duke of Buc­cleuch at Dal­keith, hold­ing the post—and that of or­gan­ist of St. John’s Ed­in­burgh—un­til 1874. He was then in­vit­ed by the Dean and Chap­ter of St. Paul’s to be the boys’ mu­sic mas­ter at the new chor­al found­a­tion at the ca­thed­ral. Two years lat­er he suc­ceed­ed George Coop­er as sub-or­gan­ist, then Stain­er as or­gan­ist in 1888. Queen Vic­tor­ia knight­ed him in 1897. His works in­clude:

• The Art of Train­ing Choir Boys

Sources

Music

1. All Hallows
2. Lamborne
3. St. Faith
4. St. Helen