William Croft was born into a wealthy and ancient family at the Manor House, Nether Ettington in Warwickshire and was baptised on 30th December, 1678. He was educated as a ‘Child […]
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In 1790 Thomas Collins published a book of psalmody; This book contains 14 tunes, 3 anthems and a solo piece. BL Ref: H.1028.m. Only the title page gives us a clue as
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Rev’d George Burder Revd. George Burder, is known to have been alive between 1752-1832, but whether these are his exact dates has yet to be proved. He was a Nonconformist divine,
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Michael Broom (or, more often, Broome) started life by being born in Abingdon about 1700, where he lived, worked and was married. He subsequently moved to Birmingham, via Isleworth – then Middlesex,
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What we know so far about Capel Bond: Capel Bond was an English composer and organist at two churches in Coventry. Baptised on December 14th 1730 in Gloucester, he was the
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If anyone knows any more about our mystery composer of Psalmody, please get in touch! We know very little about William Beasley, except that in the Leicester Journal there was advertised
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From: Music and Theatre in Handel’s World, The Family Papers of James Harris, 1732-1780, OUP 2002, by Donald Burrows, Rosemary Dunhill, and James Harris: BARKER, Thomas (b. 1709), third son of John Barker, Minor
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Immanuel’s Ground tries to include local composers in their repertoire whenever possible. From Warwickshire: 🗺️ Historical Maps: Warwickshire and Birmingham From Northamptonshire: From Leicestershire: From Oxfordshire: Works by composers like Amram
