William Walond (born Oxford, baptised 16 July 1719 – died Oxford, buried 21 August 1768) was an English composer and organist.

Career

After four years as Assistant Organist of

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral of the Anglican diocese of Oxford, which consists of the counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. It is also the chapel of Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford. This dual r ...

, Walond graduated from

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in 1757. His setting of

Alexander Pope Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, ...

's ''Ode on St Cecilia's Day'' had served as his exercise. He also published two sets of voluntaries for the organ or harpsichord (op. 1, c. 1752 and op. 2, 1758) and the anthem ''Not unto us, O Lord''. Of his fourteen children, his eldest son William Walond Jr. (c. 1750-1836) became the last 'Organist' of

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, before the post was merged with 'Master of the Choristers' in 1801.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walond, William 1719 births 1768 deaths English classical composers English classical organists British male organists 18th-century composers 18th-century British male musicians 18th-century keyboardists Male classical organists