JOHN MORETON (1764 – 1804)
Leader of the choir of King’s Chapel, Birmingham.
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Warwickshire
REV’D JOHN EAGLETON (1785 – 1832)
What we know so far about John Eagleton: According to James T. Lightwood in The Music of the Methodist Hymn-Book, (London 1938), John Eagleton was born in Coventry in 1785 and was one
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RICHARD DRAYTON (fl. 1727)
What we know so far about Richard Drayton: Again, not a lot at present, except that he published one book of music, with 46 tunes in it, together with 12 anthems,
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Dr. WILLIAM CROFT (1678 – 1727)
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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THOMAS COLLINS (fl. 1790)
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 G BURDER (fl. 1752 – 1832)
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(E) (c. 1700 – 1775)
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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CAPEL BOND (1730 – 1790)
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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WILLIAM BEASLEY (fl. 1789)
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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