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JONATI BATTISHILL (N (1738-1801)

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JONATI

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BATTISHILL (N (1738-1801)  , one of the best 18th
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century
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English composers of
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church
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music . Until 1764 he wrote chiefly for the
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theatre (incidental songs,
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pantomime music, and an
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opera in collaboration with
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Michael
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Arne, the son of
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Thomas Arne), but his later compositions are chiefly glees,
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part-songs and church music . In 1763 he had married a
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singer at Covent
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Garden theatre where he was harpsichordist . She retired from her profession when she married; and her
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death in 1777 so crushed him that he composed no more .

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