Introduction

Biography

Extremely gift­ed mu­sic­al­ly, Peace first played the or­gan pro­fes­sion­al­ly at age nine, at Holm­firth Par­ish Church in York­shire.

In 1879, he be­came or­gan­ist at Glas­gow Ca­thed­ral. In 1897, he suc­ceeded Will­iam Best as or­gan­ist at St. George’s Hall in Li­ver­pool.

In his lat­er years, Peace played the or­gan in re­cit­als at Can­ter­bury Ca­thed­ral (1886); Vic­tor­ia Hall, Han­ley, Stoke-on-Trent (1888); and New­cas­tle Ca­thed­ral (1891).