Harry Benjamin Jepson

1870–1952 (age 82)

Biography

Harry Benjamin Jepson earned renown as a gifted organist, composer, and teacher, serving for decades as a guiding presence at the Yale School of Music and as organist for St. Thomas Church in New York City. His artistry blended technical excellence with sincere expressiveness, and his compositions for organ and choir enriched the American sacred-repertoire canon.

Beloved by students and congregants alike, he nurtured generations of musicians through patient instruction and generous encouragement, leaving behind a musical legacy that continues to inspire reverent performance and heartfelt devotion.

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