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World Service,8 mins

The decline of the church organist

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The lack of church organists across the UK is leading to the rise in services being accompanied by guitars and rock bands. Dan Damon looks back at how once upon a time organs were seen as the new wave in ecclesiastical music - yet not everyone was thrilled by the idea. (Photo: Louis Moss, 12, youngest Oxford University organist / Credit: PA)

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