Ensemble del Doppio Bordone La Notte di Natale
La Notte di Natale, MP3 audio files and programme notes in Italian.
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The tune ‘Otford’, sung by the Ladies of Immanuel’s Ground
The tune ‘Otford’, sung by the Ladies of Immanuel’s Ground, to four verses of ‘While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night’. 12th December 2010.
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A Banbury Sermon by Revd Jeffrey West
Text of sermon preached by Revd Jeffrey West at the Book of Common Prayer Evensong on Sunday 28 October 2007
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Historical maps of Warwickshire and Birmingham
The following maps may help to locate some of the places mentioned in the page about Local Composers (Click on the map to zoom in)
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JAMES KEMPSON (1742 – 1822)
James KempsonFather of the Choral Society, and Assistant Conductor at all the Musical Festivals performed in Birmingham from their Commencement [in 1778] to the Year 1817. Engraved & Publish’d by
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JONATHAN EVANS (1749 – 1805)
Jonathan Evans was a Coventry born ribbon weaver who joined the congregation of the Rev’d G Burder in 1778. He began preaching at Foleshill near Coventry in 1782, and ministered there
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REV’D JOHN NEWTON (1725 – 1807)
John Newton (1725-1807) was an English hymn writer and Church of England minister. Early life of wanton sin. For ten years involved in African slave trade. Hymns include Amazing Grace, How Sweet the
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BENJAMIN BEDDOME (1717 – 1795)
Benjamin Beddome (January 23, 1717 – September 23, 1795) was an English Baptist minister and hymnist. He was born in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England. He was the son of a Baptist minister, John Beddome. Initially apprenticed to a surgeon in Bristol,
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MATTHEW WILKINS (1704 – 72), and also his wife ELIZABETH WILKINS (d. 1778)
What we know so far about Matthew Wilkins, and his wife Elizabeth: Matthew Wilkins was born in Great Milton, a short way south-east of Oxford, in July 1704. He was a butcher
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