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Sir Walter Galpin Alcock MVO (29 December 186111 September 1947) was an English organist and composer. He held a number of important posts as an organist, playing at the coronations of three monarchs. He was also professor of organ at the Royal College of Music, London. ==Life and career== Alcock was born at Edenbridge, Kent. At the age of 15 he won a scholarship to the National Training School for Music, where he studied composition with Arthur Sullivan and the organ with John Stainer.〔"Obituary – Sir Walter Alcock", ''The Times'', 12 September 1947, p. 7〕 After a brief series of posts (Holy Trinity Sloane Street and St. Margaret's, Westminster), in 1893 he was appointed Organ Professor at the Royal College of Music.〔 He was assistant organist of Westminster Abbey from 1896, and was concurrently organist of the Chapels Royal from 1902.〔 In 1916 he became organist of Salisbury Cathedral where he oversaw a strictly faithful restoration of the famous Father Willis organ,〔Webb, Stanley and Paul Hale. ("Alcock, Sir Walter" ), Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, accessed 1 March 2012 〕 even going to such lengths as to refuse to allow parts of the instrument to leave the cathedral in case any unauthorised tonal alteration were made without his knowledge.〔Alcock, W. G. ("Salisbury Cathedral Organ" ), ''The Musical Times'', Vol. 75, No. 1098 (August 1934), pp. 730–732 〕 Alcock had the unique distinction of playing the organ at Westminster Abbey at the coronations of three kings: Edward VII (1902), George V (1911) and George VI (1937).〔 Alcock was knighted in 1933 for services to music.〔 He was a noted teacher, whose published material for organ students is still thought valuable. Among his notable pupils were Edward Bairstow,〔Jackson, Francis. ("Bairstow, Sir Edward C." ), Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, accessed 1 March 2012 〕 Ralph Downes,〔Webb, Stanley and Patrick Russill. ("Downes, Ralph" ), Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, accessed 1 March 2012 〕 and S. Drummond Wolff.〔("S. Drummond Wolff" ), ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', accessed 1 March 2012〕 His hobbies included the construction of a model railway, on which choirboys at Salisbury would be given rides.〔("Sir Walter Alcock" ), Twickenham Museum, accessed 1 March 2012〕 Alcock died at the age of 85. His funeral service was in Salisbury Cathedral.〔"Today's arrangements", ''The Times'', 16 September 1947, p. 5〕 In an obituary tribute Sir Thomas Armstrong wrote of "his firm foundations of good musicianship and sound tradition" and added: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Galpin Alcock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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