# Bishop Simms

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'''Bishop Simms''' (1767 – 30 January 1829) was an English organist and composer.<ref>British Musical Biography. [Stephen Samuel Stratton](/source/Stephen_Samuel_Stratton) and [James Duff Brown](/source/James_Duff_Brown) 1897</ref>

==Background==

He was born in 1767, the eldest son of John Simms of Staffordshire. Many of his siblings were also musicians in the Midlands.<ref>A Dictionary of Musicians: From the Earliest Ages to the Present. p.436. John S. Sainsbury, Alexandre Choron. 1824</ref>

He was appointed as organist of [St Philip's Church, Birmingham](/source/St_Philip's_Cathedral%2C_Birmingham) in succession to Joseph Harris who was appointed to [Worcester Cathedral](/source/Worcester_Cathedral). Bishop Simms was also organist of St. Mary's Chapel in Birmingham

He was a violinist, and one of the orchestra at the Birmingham Festivals from 1805.

In 1809 he gave the opening recital on the new Elliot organ in the [Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove](/source/Church_of_St_John_the_Baptist%2C_Bromsgrove). His brother, James Simms, was then the organist at this church for some 45 years.

He died in Birmingham in 1829, and his post at [St Philip's Church, Birmingham](/source/St_Philip's_Cathedral%2C_Birmingham) was filled by his nephew.

==Appointments==
*Organist of [St. Mary's Chapel, Birmingham](/source/St_Mary's_Church%2C_Whittall_Street%2C_Birmingham)
*Organist of [St Philip's Church, Birmingham](/source/St_Philip's_Cathedral%2C_Birmingham) 1803 - 1829

==Compositions==

In 1810 he published an adaptation of Haydn's chorus, The Heavens are Telling, from his oratorio, The Creation.

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