Composer: James Turle
TURLE, JAMES (1802–1882), organist and composer, son of James Turle, an amateur 'cello-player, was born at Taunton, Somerset, on 5 March 1802. From July 1810 to December 1813 he was a chorister at Wells Cathedral under Dodd Perkins, the organist. At the age of eleven he came to London, and was articled to John Jeremiah Goss, but he was largely self-taught. He had an excellent voice and frequently sang in public. John Goss [q. v.], his master's nephew, was his fellow student, and thus the future organists of St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey were pupils together. Turle was organist of Christ Church, Surrey (Blackfriars Road), 1819–1829, and of St. James's, Bermondsey, 1829–31. His connection with Westminster Abbey began in 181…
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Venite, Exultemus DominoO come, let us sing unto the LORD let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.
For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is his also.
the sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land.
O come let us worship and fall down and kneel before the LORD our Maker.
For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness let the whole earth stand in awe of him.
For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth and with righteousness to judge the world and the people with his truth.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be world without end
Amen.
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