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.