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William Parsons (industrialist)
William Parsons may refer to: *William Parsons (composer and copyist) (fl.1545–1563), English Renaissance composer and copyist from Wells *William Parsons (composer and musician) (1745/6–1817), Master of the King's Music * William Parsons (poet) (died 1828), English writer associated with the Della Cruscan movement * William Barclay Parsons (1859–1932), American civil engineer *William E. Parsons (1872–1939), American architect and city planner * William Sterling Parsons (1901–1953), American naval officer and atomic bomb weaponeer aboard ''Enola Gay'' *William W. Parsons (academic administrator) (1850–1925), president of Indiana State Normal School, later known as Ball State University *William W. Parsons (NASA), former director of the NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, & Space Shuttle Program manager * William Henry Parsons (New York activist) (died 1935), headed the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice * William Henry Parsons (colonel) (1826–1907), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parsons (composer And Copyist)
William Parsons ('' fl.'' 1545 – 1563) was an English composer and copyist from Wells, Somerset. Nothing is known of his early life. His name appears for the first time in the register of vicars-choral at Wells in 1555. Payments received by him around this time suggest that he was also employed as composer and copyist to the Wells Cathedral, most likely before 1550 where he was the Master of Choristers. Only a few of his compositions survive, most incomplete. Among them can be cited an Easter antiphon ''Christus resurgens'' in two sections, based on a Sarum Rite plainchant; and a motet ''Anima Christi'' for three voices, which was originally just one section of a much longer motet for six voices. William Parsons is believed to be the same "W. Parsons" who composed 81 out of the 141 settings in John Day's ''The Whole Psalmes in Foure Parts'' (circa 1561 - 63). The Flatt Service by "Mr. Parsons of Wells" was also probably written by him; the location was added to distinguish h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |