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The Sunday Feature: The Decline of the Church Organist

The traditional skill is disappearing in Britain

The lack of church organists across the UK is leading to the rise in services being accompanied by guitars and rock bands. Dan Damon looks back at how once upon a time organs were seen as the new wave in ecclesiastical music, yet not everyone was thrilled by the idea.

(Photo: Louis Moss, 12, youngest Oxford University organist / Credit: PA)

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