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List Of English Baroque Composers
This is a list of English composers from the Baroque period in alphabetical order: * Charles Avison (1709β1770) * John Banister (c. 1624/1630β1679) * John Baston (''fl.'' 1708β1739) * John Blow (1649β1708) * William Boyce (1711-1779) * Thomas Brewer (1611βc. 1660) * Richard Browne (fl 1614β1629) * Richard Browne (c.1630β1664) * Richard Browne (d. 1710) * Albertus Bryne (1621β1668) * Richard Carter (fl 1728β1757) * William Child (1606β1697) * Jeremiah Clarke (1674β1707) * Thomas Clayton (1673β1725) * Henry Cooke (1615β1672) * William Corbett (1680β1748) * William Croft (1678β1727) * Richard Davis (died 1688) * Giovanni Battista Draghi (c. 1640β1708) * Henry Eccles (1670β1742) * John Eccles (1668β1735) * John Galliard (1687β1749) * John Gamble (''fl.'' from 1641, died 1687) * Christopher Gibbons (1615β1676) * Maurice Greene (1696β1755) * George Frideric Handel (1685β1759)Not born in England, but permanently settled there. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language in England, English language, a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in Old English as the ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups the West Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians) who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Ancient Rome, Romans, and the Romano-British culture, partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun 7, 10326 (2016). https://doi.org/10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Child
William Child (160623 March 1697) was an English composer and organist. Early life Born in Bristol, Child was a chorister in the cathedral under the direction of Elway Bevin. In 1630 he began his lifetime association with St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, becoming first a lay-clerk and, from 1632, Master of the Choristers there until the dissolution of the chapel in 1643. After the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Child was re-appointed to St. George's, became Master of the King's Wind Music and a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. Works His output of church music is understandably considerable, including a set of psalms The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, ΧͺΦ°ΦΌΧΦ΄ΧΦ΄ΦΌΧΧ, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived ... (1639), many anthems and 17 service settings. He was often influenced by the Italian 'tastes' of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Gibbons
Christopher Gibbons ( bapt. 22 August 1615 β 20 October 1676) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque period. He was the second son, and first surviving child of the composer Orlando Gibbons. Life and career Background Christopher Gibbons was born into an already very musical family, established by his grandfather, William, who was head of the town waits in Oxford and Cambridge. Christopher Gibbons' uncles Edward, Ellis and Ferdinand furthered their family's reputation as successful musicians themselves, with Ellis and Edward becoming composers and the latter receiving a Bachelor of Music from Cambridge and serving as the master of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The family's legacy was cemented by Christopher's father, Orlando who became by far the most famous and successful composers and musicians of the family. Early life Christopher Gibbons was born to Orlando and Elizabeth () in Westminster where he was baptized on 22 August 1615 at St Margaret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gamble (musician)
John Gamble (died 1687) was a composer and musician in the court of Charles I of England and Charles II of England. He worked in the King's Company on the stage prior to the English Civil War, and in 1641 he was hired by the Middle Temple. During the English Interregnum, Interregnum, he taught music and performed, and 1661 he got a position in the King's wind band playing cornett. He lost all of his money in the Great Fire of London in 1666 (as money would have been in coin and stored in homes, therefore liable to melting). In 1674 and 1676, he got positions in two more royal bands, but he lost all of his positions with the rise of James II of England, and he died "crazed and infirm of body" (according to his will) in 1687. Gamble's main historical interest is for the two-book ''Ayres and Dialogues'' of 1656, 1657, and 1659. A third volume was projected and found in manuscript. The "dialogues" are dialogue songsβsongs for two voices. The "airs" are solo songs. Accordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Ernst Galliard
Johann Ernst Galliard (?1666/?1687β1749 ) was a German composer. Galliard was born in Celle, Germany to a French wig-maker. His first composition instruction began at age 15. Galliard studied composition under Jean-Baptiste Farinel, the director of music at the Court of Hanover, and Agostino Steffani, Abbate Steffani. In addition to his compositional ability, he was also a capable oboe and Recorder (musical instrument), recorder player. Galliard made a step forward in his musical career when he performed one of his original compositions. This Sonata for oboe and two bassoons debuted at one of Farinelβs concerts. Galliard earned an esteemed seat in the chamber music of George, Prince of Denmark. Later, he moved to England where he became chapel-master of Somerset House. Galliard became a familiar face in high society due to his proximity to and frequenting of the royal residence. In response to war victories, Galliard composed a ''Te Deum'', ''Jubilate'', and three additional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Eccles (composer)
John Eccles (1668 β 12 January 1735) was an English composer. Born in London, eldest son of professional musician Solomon Eccles and brother of fellow composer Henry Eccles, John Eccles was appointed to the King's Private Music in 1694, and in 1700 became Master of the King's Musick. Also in 1700 he finished second in a competition to write music for William Congreve's masque '' The Judgement of Paris'' ( John Weldon won). Eccles was very active as a composer for the theatre, and from the 1690s wrote a large amount of incidental music including music for Congreve's ''Love for Love'', John Dryden's ''The Spanish Friar'' and William Shakespeare's '' Macbeth''. Jointly with Henry Purcell he wrote incidental music for Thomas d'Urfey's ''Don Quixote''. He became a composer to Drury Lane theatre in 1693 and when some of the actors broke off to form their own company at Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1695, he composed music for them as well including for John Dennis's '' Rinaldo and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Eccles
Henry (Henri) Eccles (1670β1742) was an English composer. Early life He was the son of composer Solomon Eccles and the brother of composer John Eccles. Accomplishments As a violinist, Henry Eccles became part of the entourage of the Duke d'Aumont, French ambassador to Britain, with whom he returned to France around 1713. In 1720 he published, in Paris, ''Twelve Solos for the Violin'' dedicated to the Chevalier Joseph Gage - an English gentleman much involved in Parisian financial speculation at the time. Infamously, this book of sonatas contains borrowings from Giuseppe Valentini Giuseppe Valentini (14 December 1681 β November 1753), nicknamed ''Straccioncino'' (Little Ragamuffin), was an Italian violinist, painter, poet, and composer, though he is known chiefly as a composer of inventive instrumental music. He studied ...'s op. 8, which were used to assemble sonatas 1, 4, 8, and 9 (with single movements by Valentini incorporated into sonatas 3 and 10). The most w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Draghi (composer)
Giovanni Battista Draghi (ca. 1640 β buried 13 May 1708) was an Anglo-Italian composer and keyboard player. He may have been the brother of the composer Antonio Draghi. Draghi was brought to London in the 1660s by King Charles II who was trying, unsuccessfully, to establish Italian opera in England. He remained in England for the rest of his life. In 1673 Draghi was made first organist of the queen's Catholic chapel in Somerset House. In 1684 he took part in what became known as the ''Battle of the Organs''. He was hired by master organ maker Renatus Harris to demonstrate the superiority of his organ when Harris was trying to gain the contract to build the new organ for the Temple Church. Harris' rival "Father" Bernard Smith hired organists and composers John Blow and Henry Purcell to demonstrate his organ and won the contest. Draghi was awarded a pension by King William III William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Ora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Spink
Ian Spink (born 8 October 1947) is an Australian-British choreographer. Born in Melbourne, he trained at the Australian Ballet School. After graduating in 1968, he danced and choreographed for The Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre and the Dance Company of New South Wales. In 1974, he was offered a grant to tour with Merce Cunningham's dance troupes when they toured Australia. He then moved to London in 1977, and has remained in the UK since then. In 1982, Spink co-founded Second Stride along with Siobhan Davies and Richard Alston. In 1990 he directed the premiere production of Judith Weir's opera ''The Vanishing Bridegroom'' for Scottish Opera, subsequently broadcast by BBC TV.Weir, J. Memoirs of an Accidental Film Artist. In: ''A Night in at the Opera'', Tambling, J.John Libbey & Company Ltd, London, 1994, p59. Spink most recently choreographed Petruska for Scottish Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival The Edinburgh International Festival is an annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Davis (composer)
Richard Davis (died April 1688) was an English composer and organist who was active at the Worcester Cathedral from 1639 until his death in 1688. He began his musical life at the cathedral as a chorister from 1639β1644. He then served as a lay clerk A lay clerk, also known as a lay vicar, song man or a vicar choral, is a professional adult singer in an Anglican cathedral and often Roman Catholic Cathedrals in the UK, or (occasionally) collegiate choir in Britain and Ireland. The vicars chora ... before being appointed organist at the cathedral in 1664. In 1671 he also became Master of Choristers at the Cathedral. While Davis held the post of organist until his death, the last two years of his life he suffered ill health and the duties of the post were filled by a deputy organist, the composer Vaughan Richardson. Davis died in Worcester in April 1688. As a composer, his surviving compositions include a ''Mass in C Major'' and 12 anthems; all of which are part of the collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Croft
William Croft (baptised 30 December 1678 β 14 August 1727) was an English composer and organist. Life Croft was born at the Manor House, Nether Ettington, Warwickshire. He was educated at the Chapel Royal under the instruction of John Blow, and remained there until 1698. Two years after this departure, he became organist of St. Anne's Church, Soho and he became an organist and 'Gentleman extraordinary' at the Chapel Royal. He shared that post with his friend Jeremiah Clarke.Dennis Shrock In 1700, Croft, in collaboration with "an Italian Master", probably Gottfried Finger, published six sonatas for violin, flute, harpsichord and viol, in the newly fashionable Italian style. In 1707, he took over the Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal post, which had been left vacant by the suicide of Jeremiah Clarke. The following year, Croft succeeded Blow (who had lately died) as organist of Westminster Abbey. He composed works for the funeral of Queen Anne (1714) and for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Corbett (composer)
William Corbett (18 June 1680 – 7 March 1748) was an English composer, violinist, and concert performer. The Director of New Theatre (Lincoln's Inn Fields, London) from 1700, Corbett was appointed orchestra director of King's Theatre, The Haymarket in 1705 and became a member of the Royal Orchestra in 1709. In 1716, he was appointed Director of the King's Band. From 1715 to 1726, Corbett lived in Italy, returning to London in 1727. It has been speculated that while abroad, Corbett was possibly acting as an agent for the Crown. Extant works *''Henry VI by Betterton'' (1699) *''Twelve Sonatas a tre'' for 2 violins and b.c op. 1 (1700) *''As You Find It'' (1703) *'' Love Betray'd, or The Agreeable Disappointment'' (1703) *''The Instrumental Musick for January, February and March'', for 2 flutes and b.c (1703) *''Six Sonatas for 2 flutes and b.c'' op. 2 (1705) *''British Enchanters, or No Magick Like Love'' (1706) *''Six Sonatas a 3 for Two Flutes or German Flutes and a Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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