Music

This section of the website looks at Bridgwater music and musicians.

John Chubb and Music, including various townsfolk.
John Chubb and Music
by Tony Woolrich
Cecil Sharp and Bridgwater
by David Sutcliffe
Brass Bands in Bridgwater
by Jillian Trethewey and Clare Spicer


Also see the website of the Friends of the Wembdon Road Cemetery for biographies of

  • John Briffett 1796-1851, father of folk singers recorded by Cecil Sharp.
  • William Henry Hine Akerman, 1813-1882 Musical Instrument Maker
  • Sydney Charles Scott, 1850-1936 London Solicitor & Musician
  • Jane Jefferson Williamson Thurnham, 1867-1923 composer and schoolmistress
  • Gertrude Everley Russell Gregg, 1870-1906 nee Pope, Singer

Also see Concert Programmes in the Heritage Group Collections. And a write up of 1933’s HMS Pinafore in the Frederick Allen Collection.

Also see this video for an overview of the history of the Bridgwater Choral Society. And videos from Bridgwater Harmonia Chamber Choir here.

This piece of music was composed by Percy Whitlock for the Bridgwater Pageant of 1927.