Introduction

Biography

Vincent was a cho­ris­ter in Dur­ham Ca­thed­ral, and stu­died or­gan un­der Phil­ip Armes.

He played the or­gan at Monk­wear­mouth Par­ish Church, 1869–76. He then tra­veled to Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny, for two years, re­turn­ing as or­gan­ist at Tav­is­tock Par­ish Church.

He was or­gan­ist of Christ Church, Hamp­stead, 1883–91. Af­ter­ward, he ex­am­ined for Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Lon­don.

He found­ed The Or­gan­ist and Choir­mas­ter, 1893, and be­gan a mu­sic pub­lish­ing bu­si­ness in con­nec­tion with this, be­com­ing ve­ry succ­ess­ful. He al­so found­ed the firm of Rog­ers, pi­an­o­for­te mak­ers.

After re­tir­ing in the late 1920’s, he lived at Hen­don.

Works

• The Chant Book Com­pan­ion
• The Ang­li­can Or­gan­ist
• Ruth, an ora­to­rio