Samuel Webbe the younger (1768–1843) was an English music teacher and composer.

Life

The son of Samuel Webbe (1740–1816), he was born in London, and studied the organ, piano, and vocal composition under his father and Muzio Clementi. Webbe in his active interest in glee clubs followed in the footsteps of his father, and composed many canons and

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s. In 1798 he moved to Liverpool, as organist to the

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, where John Yates (1755–1826) was minister. Around 1817 Webbe joined

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in London, teaching the use of the

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. There Webbe became organist to the chapel of the Spanish embassy, before returning to Liverpool, where he was appointed organist to St. Nicholas and to St. Patrick's Roman Catholic chapel. He died at

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on 25 November 1843.

Works

Webbe published, with his father, ''A Collection of Original Psalm Tunes'', 1800. He was also the author of

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s, madrigals, and glees, besides a Mass and a Sanctus, and a Chant for

St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...

. He wrote settings for numerous songs and ballads. About 1830 he published ''Convito Armonico'', a collection of madrigals, glees, duets, canons, and catches, by well-known composers.

Family

Webbe married Diana Smith in 1803. Their son

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(1810–1840) wrote on musical subjects; and their daughter Louisa married Edward Holmes.

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* ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Webbe, Samuel (1770?-1843) 1768 births 1843 deaths Musicians from London English composers