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A Visit to Christ Church, Oxford Author(S): Dotted Crotchet Source: the Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol A Visit to Christ Church, Oxford Author(s): Dotted Crotchet Source: The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 43, No. 714 (Aug. 1, 1902), pp. 513-522 Published by: Musical Times Publications Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3369761 Accessed: 21-06-2016 00:36 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Musical Times Publications Ltd. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular This content downloaded from 129.89.24.43 on Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:36:33 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms THE MUSICAL TIMES.-AUGUST I, 1902. 513 THE MUSICAL TIMES of interest. The Lady Chapel and the Latin Chapel,-a church within a church-both situated AND SINGING-CLASS CIRCULAR. at the north-east of the choir, give the Cathedral a peculiar shape. Moreover, the Choir and the AUGUST I, 19o2. Nave are not separated. At the east end are three extremely rough arches, leading to three semicircular apses, of which the foundations still exist, discovered in 1888, and which remain as A VISIT TO CHRIST CHURCH, relics of the first stone church of St. Frideswide, OXFORD. one of the earliest stone churches in England. The thirteenth-century shrine of St. Frideswide Antiquity, architecture, great traditions, dis- attracts attention no less by its beauty than for tinguished alumni, and church music form a its historical associations. In the choir may be combination of characteristics which invest with seen traces of Ethelred's work in the large round peculiar interest the great College of Christ pillars and the weathered columns above, that Church in the University of Oxford. In regard once formed part of the clear-story. One of the to antiquity, a Saxon church which formed part older members of the House, Mr. T. Vere of the monastery of St. Frideswide, circa 727, Bayne, has lately resolved to replace the curious stood on the site of the present Cathedral. corner turrets of the west end at his own private Commenced in I 120, and consecrated sixty years cost. The pulpit, surmounted by a pelican, and afterwards, the buildings forming the Chapel of the organ case, are of the Jacobean period. Christ Church, otherwise the Cathedral of the The reverent restoration of the Cathedral, first diocese of Oxford, are rich in architectural instigated in 1856 by Dean Liddell, included the CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD. FROM LOGGAN'S DRAWING, 1675. development - the Norman of the main successful rebuilding of the east end, said to be sanctuary, the Early English of the Chapter a reproduction of the original twelfth-century House, and the Perpendicular of the Refectory, design, and is a testimony to the labour of the late now broken up with rooms, but preserving the Sir Gilbert Scott. As showing the utter lack of exterior windows on one side. Its spire, though reverence ih the 'good old days,' as they are so appearing somewhat dumpy in this 'sweet city often misnamed, it may be mentioned that of her dreaming spires,' is one of the earliest-if previous to I870 one bay of the south transept not actually the first-built in England. The served as the residence of the Dean's verger. fact that Christ Church is one of the smallest This functionary, a Mr. Keys, kept his beer of our cathedrals is partly due to Cardinal barrel in a cupboard just below the pew in which Wolsey, who chopped off, so to speak, three the Deanery ladies sat! Moreover, Verger Keys of the westernmost bays of the Nave in order used to station himself at the entrance to the to make way for the celebrated Tom Quad, of Choir armed with a stout dog-whip with which which more anon. to belabour any of the canine tribe that not In recent years the Cathedral has been infrequently followed their undergraduate lengthened by a new western bay forming an masters into Chapel. If the chapter books are ante-chapel. The interior has several features not profuse in references to the Cathedral, they This content downloaded from 129.89.24.43 on Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:36:33 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms 514 THE MUSICAL TIMES.-AUGUST I, 1902. furnish evidence of the rich ornaments that even iron spiral staircase-is a four-manual instru- survived the confiscation (temp Henry VIII.) of ment, rebuilt in 1884 by Father Willis. In 'monuments tending to idolatrie and popish or any scheme of reconstruction, now necessary devill's service, crosses, censars, and such lyke after the wear and tear of eighteen years, the fylthie stuffe.' Among the furniture then choir organ should be restored to its original catalogued were:- ' in front' position, where it remained for nearly Item. A great sacring bell. two centuries, in order that its stops may form a Item. 4 high latten candlesticks. better support to the voices than is possible Item. A canopy with a pix of copper. under the present arrangement. Item. A canopy over the Dean's head of old silk. Let us now turn to the College of Christ Item. 15 antiphoners and 9 grayells. Church, which, notwithstanding its joint-life Item. A pair of organs, with a turned chair to the with the Cathedral, is four hundred years same. younger than the sacred edifice. In the year 1525, Cardinal Wolsey obtained a Patent for the One of the earliest Chapter orders enjoins that Oxford foundation, styled 'Collegium Thomae 'the Orgaines in the Quire of this Church be Wolsey Cardinalis Eboracensis,' or 'Cardinal taken downe.' Father Smith built an organ of College.' The original statutes provided forty- two persons for the services of the church- amemeassememe Tt thirteen chaplains, twelve lay clerks, sixteen choristers, and a teacher of music. The first stone was laid July 16, 1525, and Wolsey set to work on the buildings with enthusiastic zeal. In constructing the famous Tom Quad, he, as already mentioned, pulled down the three westernmost bays of the Nave; but he intended to build a college chapel on the north side of the Quad, which might have proved a rival to King's College, Cambridge. The great Cardinal was not oblivious to the claims of the ' inner man,' one of the earliest completed buildings AA.e~g being the famous kitchen, 'a magnificent apart- ment, with vast open ranges at the sides, and a central fire with louvre above.":' The kitchen has scarcely been altered since its completion, nearly four hundred years ago, except in regard to the addition of modern appliances; Wolsey's gridiron may still be seen hanging on the wall, as shown in our illustration. Equally magnificent is the noble Hall (1529), perhaps the finest apartment of its kind in England, with its splendid collection of portraits. CARDINAL WOLSEY. The fine portrait of Cardinal Wolsey, by Holbein, FROM THE PAINTING BY HOLBEIN IN THE HALL OF CHRIST CHURCH. which we give, is one of them. It is reproduced by special permission of the Dean. The Hall (Reproduced, by special permission of the Very Rev. the Dean, from the photograph in the 'College Histories' Series.) is approached by a vaulted-roof staircase of remarkable beauty, the delicate fan tracery, supported by a single shaft, fascinating all two manuals in the year i68o. Here is its beholders. The acoustic properties of this stair- specification :- GREAT. 9 Stops. case are very remarkable. The present writer pipes pipes recalls a story told to him on these very stairs i. Open Diapason ... 50 6. Tierce ... ...... 50 2. Stopped Diapason ... 50 7. Sesquialtera, .III. ranks 15o by the late Sir John Stainer, to the effect that 8. Cornet, to C 1, IV. ranks 96 the late Sir Frederick Ouseley used to delight 3.4. PrincipalTwelfth ... .... 5050 9. Trumpet... ... ... 50 5. Fifteenth ...... 50 his friends by singing the common chord in 596 arpeggio and very quickly through three octaves, CHOIR. 4 Stops. and the resultant effect was as if the notes had I. Stopped diapason ... 50 3. Flute ......... 50 2. Principal ... ... 50 4. Fifteenth ... ... 50 all been sounded together. 'I can't do it,' said Total number of pipes, 796. Sir John, 'as I have a voice like an old crow.' Compass of both manuals; GG, short octaves, to C3 in alt. The famous Tom Tower grew by degrees. Its The organ has occupied various positions lower story is due to Wolsey (as shown in our at different times. In 18o06 the organ-loft was illustration from Loggan's 'Oxonia Illustrata,' ' fitted up so as that the singing boys and singing 1675), but the upper part is from the design of men may be removed thither for the future.' The present organ-located at the west end of * 'Christ Church.' By the Rev. Henry L. Thompson, M.A. This book is one of the interesting and valuable series of ' College the nave, its key-boards approached by an Histories,' published by Messrs. F. E. Robinson and Co. This content downloaded from 129.89.24.43 on Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:36:33 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms THE MUSICAL TIMES.-AUGUST I, 1902.
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