Vincent Novello, was an English musician and music publisher born in London. He was a chorister and organist, but he is best known for bringing to England many works now considered standards, and with his son he created a major music publishing house.
Vincent Novello in the 1830s, by Edward Petre Novello
The Novello Family, c. 1830 by Edward Petre Novello
St Mary Moorfields is a Roman Catholic church in Eldon Street near Moorgate, on a site previously known as Moorfields. It is the only Catholic church in the City of London. Prior to a 1994 boundary change, the church was in the Borough of Hackney, such that there were no Catholic churches in the City.
Photo of St. Mary Moorfields
The original chapel in 1836: interior facing east
The original chapel in the 1830s: exterior, west facade
The organ in St Mary Moorfields, drawn by J.B.Taylor (1860–1944) and published in the Musical Standard on 2 July 1892