Vincent, George Frederick

1855-

 

Concert-organist; born at Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England. He studied at the Leipsic Conservatory from 1874 to 1876. In 1882 he received the appointment of organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas', Sunderland. He also conducted the Choral Society, the Ladies' Orchestral Society and the Amateur Opera Society at Sunderland. He has composed operettas; a cantata, Sir Humphrey Gilbert; songs; anthems; two fantasias and fugues; piano-pieces; and two volumes of organ-pieces.