Jonathan Leonard Bielby, born on 23 November 1944 in England, is a cathedral organist and composer known for his work in religious music. He studied at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he served as an organ scholar under George Guest from 1963 to 1967. Bielby began his career as assistant organist at Manchester Cathedral from 1966 to 1970 before taking up the post of organist and director of music at Wakefield Cathedral in 1970, a position he held for over forty years until his retirement in 2010. During his tenure, Bielby oversaw significant rebuilding projects of organs in Huddersfield Town Hall and Wakefield Cathedral. He composed numerous pieces, including "Love's Endeavour, Love's Expense" and "Let the roring organs loudly play". In 2011, he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
