John Charles Beckwith (1788 – 11 October 1819) was an English Organist, born in

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

Family

He was the son of the organist

John Christmas Beckwith John Christmas Beckwith (25 December 1759 – 3 June 1809) was an English organist and composer. Life Beckwith was born in Norwich on 25 December 1759, son of Edward Beckwith (1734–1793). His father and uncle were lay clerks at Norwich Cathedra ...

. He is buried in

St Peter Mancroft St Peter Mancroft is a parish church in the Church of England, in the centre of Norwich, Norfolk. After the two cathedrals, it is the largest church in Norwich. It was originally established by the then Earl of East Anglia, Ralph de Gael between ...

Career

He was jointly *Organist of

1809 - 1819 *Organist of

Norwich Cathedral Norwich Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. It is the cathedral church for the Church of England Diocese of Norwich and is one of the Norwich 12 heritage sites. The cathedral ...

1809 - 1819 Cathedral Organists, John E. West, London, Novello and Company, 1899.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beckwith, John Charles Cathedral organists 1788 births 1819 deaths 19th-century classical musicians 19th-century organists