Quite apart from his professional utes, Mr. Young's career in Shanghai has been a distinguished one by the vacancy, which invitation he Seeided to accept although entailing an enormous addition to his daily routine. Union Church parted with him only with the greatest reluctance, but naturally felt it out of the ques: tion to stand in the way of his place ing his outstanding talents at. the disposal of the Cathedral, the choir Of which had become a strong one under the leadership of the two pre= ceding organisms, Mr, Pullen and Mr, Hurry. By 1916, a' scheme for the replacement of the old organ built by Walker of London in 1882, was already afoot, and on the conclusion of the War two years later, definite steps were taken towards the procuring of a new and up-to-date instrument as one of the Cathedral's two memorials to the men of Shanghai who had given their fives in the struggle, The New Organ An order was accordingly placed with Messrs, Harrison and "Harrison of Durham, but great delay was perienced between the time this was sone and that of the new organ's eventual dedication in October 1925, owing to the congestion of work Which had accumulated on" the Luullders' hands during the war years, Ever since the new instrument was installed, it has been a source of unending da tight to lovers of organ, musie, and Ils existence has contri-uted' greatly to the coming of the Eresent stately cathedral worship tender the masterly direction of Mr, Young. Many visitors to Shanghai have expressed themselves astonished fo find that Shanghai should be so, fortunate as to possess a place of worship in which the rendering of the services is able to compare very favourably with that to be found In inst of the English cathedrals. Thi has never been more the ease tha during the past winter and spring, and although the adult section of the choir have recently become somewhat depleted owing to departure many of the members, either on home leave or on retirement, it confidently hoped that the gaps this created will be efficiently lied, Mr. RE. Young As choirmaster, Mr, Young hi at all times proved himself the pos sesser reason of the unique services which he has rendered to the cause of music in all its branches, and an almost in credible number' of achievements stands to his name in this respect, whether as conductor of choral music and light opera or as organist, choir-master and planist, 11 can be exaggeration to say' that highly probable that had it not been for Mr. Young's unselfish and un-fagging efforts, Shanghai would never have attained—the high musical snd ard which has been achieved—a standard which it is to be hoped will always be maintained in the future. To mention only a few of the many undertakings with which Mr, Young's name has been sociated, and firstly in the capacity of conductor of choral works, we call the following:—He was musical ce-director with the late Mr. Raaschou, Danish Consul-General of the Shanghat Chamber Music Society from 1913 to 1910, serving solo pianist in the same' society's concerts periodically Wetween 1908 and 1916.
He conducted the Shang: wanle Society from 1910 conducted the Shanghai Society's production—of Dvorak's "Spectre's Bride" in 1936 and the Choral Society's "Messiah" in 1937.
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