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===Musicians' Chapel=== By the north aisle is the Musicians' Chapel. As St Stephen's chapel it hosted votive masses to the 12th-century monastic saint [[Stephen Harding]] prior to the [[English Reformation]] and during the reign of [[Mary I of England]].<ref name=le/> The ashes of conductor Sir [[Henry Wood]], founder of [[Promenade Concerts|{{abbr|The Proms|Promenade Concerts, generally and in all broadcasts abbreviated to the Proms.}}]], who learnt to play the organ at the church as a boy, were interred here in the 1940s.<ref name=le/> It was rededicated to musicians by Dr. W.R. Matthews, [[Dean of St Paul's]], on 2 January 1955 in the presence of many distinguished musicians including an orchestra conducted by Sir [[Malcolm Sargent]] and the [[BBC Singers]].<ref name=le/> Its four windows commemorate Sir Henry Wood, [[John Ireland (composer)|John Ireland]], Dame [[Nellie Melba]] and [[Walter Carroll]]<ref name=le>"The London Encyclopædia" Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (revised 1993, 2008) {{ISBN|978-1405049245}}</ref> The chapel's appearance and the Musicians' Book of Remembrance are maintained by the Friends of the Musicians' Chapel. A Service of Thanksgiving for all those in the book is held at the church each year as well as a requiem close to [[All Souls' Day]]. Many concerts and memorial events for musicians have been held in the church.
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