George Thalben-Ball

Carlo Curley (b. 1952, North Carolina, USA) is a flamboyant and popular concert organist, sometimes characterised as the "Pavarotti of the organ". Curley was born into a musical family and attended the North Carolina School of the Arts. He studied organ with Virgil Fox and Sir George Thalben-Ball. Curley was famously the first classical organist to give a solo organ recital at the White House, and he has also played for several European heads of state. He has toured extensively through ...

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In the mid 12th century, before the construction of the church, the Knights Templar in London had met at a site in High Holborn in a structure originally established by Hughes de Payens. Because of the growth of the order, by the 1160s the site had become too confined, and the order purchased the property of the current site for establishment of a larger compound. In addition to the church, the new compound originally contained residences, military training facilities, and recreational grounds for the military brethren and novices, who were not permitted to go into the ...

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Temple Church, Temple Church - Design and Construction, Temple Church - The Round Church, Temple Church - The Chancel, Temple Church - Early Use by the Templars, Temple Church - Later History, Temple Church - Music at the Temple Church, Temple Church - Shakespeare and the Wars of the Roses, Temple Church - Current Use, Temple Church - List of recent Masters of the Temple

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In the mid 12th century, before the construction of the church, the Knights Templar in London had met at a site in High Holborn in a structure originally established by Hughes de Payens. Because of the growth of the order, by the 1160s the site had become too confined, and the order purchased the property of the current site for establishment of a larger compound. In addition to the church, the new compound originally contained residences, military training facilities, and recreational grounds for the military brethren and novices, who were not permitted to go into the ...

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Temple Church, Temple Church - Design and Construction, Temple Church - The Round Church, Temple Church - The Chancel, Temple Church - Early Use by the Templars, Temple Church - Later History, Temple Church - Music at the Temple Church, Temple Church - Shakespeare and the Wars of the Roses, Temple Church - Current Use

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The Temple continues to offer regular church services, including Holy Communion on Sunday morning. It also offers regular choral music performances and organ recitals. The church always has two clergy, called the Master and the Reader respectively. The title of the Master of the Temple recalls the title of the head of the former order of the Knights Templar. The present Master of the Temple is the Reverend Robin Griffith-Jones, appointed in 1999. The Master gives regular lunchtime talks open to the public - recently some of which have been on the subject of the church's role in ...

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Temple Church, Temple Church - Design and Construction, Temple Church - The Round Church, Temple Church - The Chancel, Temple Church - Early Use by the Templars, Temple Church - Later History, Temple Church - Music at the Temple Church, Temple Church - Shakespeare and the Wars of the Roses, Temple Church - Current Use, Temple Church - List of recent Masters of the Temple

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After the destruction and abolition of the Knights Templar in 1307, Edward II took control of the church as a Crown possession. It was later given to the Knights Hospitaller, who rented the Temple to two colleges of lawyers. One college moved into the part of the Temple previously used by the Temple's knights, and the other into the part previously used by its priests, and they shared the use of the church. The colleges evolved into the Inner and ...

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Temple Church, Temple Church - Design and Construction, Temple Church - The Round Church, Temple Church - The Chancel, Temple Church - Early Use by the Templars, Temple Church - Later History, Temple Church - Music at the Temple Church, Temple Church - Shakespeare and the Wars of the Roses, Temple Church - Current Use, Temple Church - List of recent Masters of the Temple

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The church has had a number of famous organists, including the blind organist and composer John Stanley (appointed by the Inner Temple in 1734). A choir in the English cathedral tradition was established at the Temple Church in 1842 under the direction of Dr E J Hopkins, and it soon earned a high reputation. Hopkins was succeeded as organist and Director of the Choir in 1897 by Sir Henry Walford Davies. Walford Davies was in turn succeeded by Sir George Thalben-Ball who held the post from 1923 to 1982. For just three musicians of such distinction to have served betwee ...

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Temple Church, Temple Church - Design and Construction, Temple Church - The Round Church, Temple Church - The Chancel, Temple Church - Early Use by the Templars, Temple Church - Later History, Temple Church - Music at the Temple Church, Temple Church - Shakespeare and the Wars of the Roses, Temple Church - Current Use, Temple Church - List of recent Masters of the Temple

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The Temple continues to offer regular church services, including Holy Communion on Sunday morning. It also offers regular choral music performances and organ recitals. The church always has two clergy, called the Master and the Reader respectively. The title of the Master of the Temple recalls the title of the head of the former order of the Knights Templar. The present Master of the Temple is The Reve ...

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Temple Church, Temple Church - Design and Construction, Temple Church - The Round Church, Temple Church - The Chancel, Temple Church - Early Use by the Templars, Temple Church - Later History, Temple Church - Music at the Temple Church, Temple Church - Shakespeare and the Wars of the Roses, Temple Church - Current Use

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After the destruction and abolition of the Knights Templar in 1307, Edward II took control of the church as a Crown possession. It was later given to the Knights Hospitaller, who rented the Temple to two colleges of lawyers. One college moved into the part of the Temple previously used by the Temple's knights, and the other into the part previously used by its priests, and they shared the use of the church. The colleges evolved into the Inner and Middle Temples, two of the four Inns of Court. Following a later agreement in 1608 by James I, the two Inns were granted the use of the church in perpetuity and continue to use ...

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Temple Church, Temple Church - Design and Construction, Temple Church - The Round Church, Temple Church - The Chancel, Temple Church - Early Use by the Templars, Temple Church - Later History, Temple Church - Music at the Temple Church, Temple Church - Shakespeare and the Wars of the Roses, Temple Church - Current Use

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The church has had a number of famous organists, including the blind organist and composer John Stanley (appointed by the Inner Temple in 1734). A choir in the English cathedral tradition was established at the Temple Church in 1842 under the direction of Dr E J Hopkins, and it soon earned a high reputation. Hopkins was succeeded as organist and Director of the Choir in 1897 by Sir Henry Walford Davies. Walford Davies was in turn succeeded by Sir George Thalben-Ball who held the post from 1923 to 1982. For just three musicians of such distinction to have served betwee ...

See also:

Temple Church, Temple Church - Design and Construction, Temple Church - The Round Church, Temple Church - The Chancel, Temple Church - Early Use by the Templars, Temple Church - Later History, Temple Church - Music at the Temple Church, Temple Church - Shakespeare and the Wars of the Roses, Temple Church - Current Use

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