 Bridge retired as organist of the Abbey in 1918, but was granted the title of "Organist Emeritus" and continued to live in the Little Cloisters until his death six years later at the age of 79.His funeral took place at Glass, Aberdeenshire, where he was buried on 21 March 1924.Bridge's larger-scale works include the choral pieces "Mount Moriah" (oratorio) (1874); "Boadica" (cantata, G.E.