Born: May 4, 1835, Not­ting­ham, Eng­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 25, 1907, St. Giles, Mid­dle­sex, Eng­land.

Son of lace mak­er James Tur­pin, Ed­mund stu­died under Charles No­ble in Not­ting­ham, and Hul­lah and Pau­er in Lon­don. He played the or­gan at St. Barn­abas (R.C.), Not­ting­ham (1850-64); St. George’s, Blooms­bu­ry (1869-88); and St. Bride’s, Fleet Street (1888). He gave his first pub­lic re­cit­al at the Great Ex­hi­bi­tion of 1851, re­ceived his Lam­beth DMus in 1889, be­came War­den of Trin­i­ty Coll­ege of Mu­sic in 1892, and served as Hon­or­a­ry Sec­re­ta­ry of the Roy­al Coll­ege of Or­gan­ists (1875-1907). In 1891 and 1901 he was list­ed as a Pro­fess­or of Mu­sic.

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Music

1. Argyle
2. Clifton
3. Mansfield