T. Tertius Noble

Thomas Tertius Noble (May 5, 1867 – May 4, 1953) was an English-born organist and composer, who lived in the United States for the latter part of his career.

Frederick Ouseley declined to accept Noble as a student at his music school, citing that "the market was over-stocked.

He won a scholarship to attend the Royal College of Music, where he was tutored by Walter Parratt, Charles Villiers Stanford and Frederick Bridge,[4] and made other close connections with George Grove and John Stainer.

Noble was dissatisfied with the quality of singing and Stanford's bad temper,[5] leaving Trinity in 1892 to serve as organist and choirmaster at Ely Cathedral.

[4] In January 1913 Noble moved to America after accepting the post of organist and choirmaster of St Thomas Episcopal Church in New York City, traversing on the Carmania.

[8] His tune Ora labora for the hymn Come, labour on is well known in the United States, as is his edition of Handel's Messiah, published by G. Schirmer in 1912.

The organ of York Minster, where Noble served 1898-1913
Choristers singing at St Thomas Episcopal Church, Manhattan, a tradition established by Noble in the early 1910s