Richard Davis (died April 1688) was an English

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

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 1639–1644. He then served as a lay clerk 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 Vaughan Richardson (died 1729) was an organist at Winchester Cathedral, and a composer, particularly of church music. Life His year of birth is not known, but he is known to have sung at the coronation of James II in 1685 as a chorister of the Cha ...

. 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 of the Worcester Cathedral's library.

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