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JONATI BATTISHILL (N (1738-1801)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 533 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BATTISHILL (N (1738-1801)  , one of the best 18th See also:century See also:English composers of See also:church See also:music . Until 1764 he wrote chiefly for the See also:theatre (incidental songs, See also:pantomime music, and an See also:opera in collaboration with See also:Michael See also:Arne, the son of See also:Thomas Arne), but his later compositions are chiefly glees, See also:part-songs and church music . In 1763 he had married a See also:singer at Covent See also:Garden theatre where he was harpsichordist . She retired from her profession when she married; and her See also:death in 1777 so crushed him that he composed no more .

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