The George Pike England Organ in the Church of Nossa Senhora do Monte, Island of Madeira

Authors

  • Christopher Kent

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57885/rpmns.90

Abstract

ln the wake of the floods that devastated Funchal and other coastal areas of Madeira in 1803 five organs were shipped to the island from the firm of Flight and Robson of London. Four of these exist today in churches at Câmara de Lobos, Porto da Cruz, São Vicente and São Pedro, Funchal. ln 1814, the London organ builder George Pike England (c.1765­-1816), who had previously built an organ for the chapel of the Portuguese Embassy in London (1808), supplied an instrument for a new west gallery in the church of Nossa Senhora do Monte. It was probably his last work which survives in a state of greater integrity than examples in the United Kingdom. It is a one manual instrument of eight stops, which requires faithful repair and restoration. This article stems from a survey made in January 1996.

Author Biography

Christopher Kent

CHRISTOPHER KENT read music at the University of Manchester and musicology at King's College, London. Since 1980 he has been a member of the Music Department at the University of Reading where he is Senior Lecturer. He is co-editor of several volumes of the complete works of Edward Elgar, and has published a study of Elgar source materials. In 1993 he established the Lady Susi Jeans Centre for Organ Historiography. He has served as Secretary of the British Institute of Organ Studies and is currently an Organ Adviser to the Diocese of Oxford. He is active internationally as an organ consultant and recitalist.

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Published

2014-12-20

How to Cite

Kent, C. (2014). The George Pike England Organ in the Church of Nossa Senhora do Monte, Island of Madeira. Portuguese Journal of Musicology, 6, 109–126. https://doi.org/10.57885/rpmns.90

Issue

Vol. 6 (1996)

Section

Articles (peer-reviewed)