See also:

• CROFT (or CROFTS), WILLIAM (1678–1727)
• CROFT, SIR HERBERT
• CROFT, SIR JAMES (d. 1590)

CROFT (or CROFTS), See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM (1678–1727)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1678, at Nether Ettington in See also:

• WARWICKSHIRE

Warwickshire . He received his musical See also:

• EDUCATION

education in the See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel Royal under Dr See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

Blow . He See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early obtained the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of organist of St See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne's, Soho, and in 1700 was admitted a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman extraordinary of the Chapel Royal . In 1707 he was appointed See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint-organist with Blow; and upon the See also:

• DEATH

death of the latter in 1708 he became See also:

• SOLO, OR SOLO WHIST

solo organist, and also See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children and composer of the Chapel Royal, besides being made organist of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . In 1712 he wrote a brief introduction on the See also:

• HISTORY

history of English See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church See also:

• MUSIC

music to a collection of the words of anthems which he had edited under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Divine See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

Harmony . In 1713 he obtained his degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of music in the university of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . In 1724 he published an edition of his choral music in 2 vols. See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio, under the name of Musica Sacra, or Select Anthems in See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score, for two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight voices, to which is added the See also:

• BURIAL

Burial Service, as it is occasionally performed in Westminster Abbey . This handsome See also:

• WORK

work included a portrait of the composer and was the first of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind executed on See also:

• PEWTER

pewter plates and in score . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

Page, in his See also:

• HARMONIA

Harmonia Sacra, published in 1800 in 3 vols. folio, gives seven of See also:

• CROFT (or CROFTS), WILLIAM (1678–1727)
• CROFT, SIR HERBERT
• CROFT, SIR JAMES (d. 1590)

Croft's anthems . Of instrumental music, Croft published six sets of airs for two violins and a See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

bass, six sonatas for two flutes, six solos for a See also:

• FLUTE

flute and bass . He died at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath on the 14th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1727, and was buried in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• AISLE (from Lat. ala, a wing)

aisle of Westminster Abbey, where a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument was erected to his memory by his friend and admirer See also:

• HUMPHREY (or HUMFREY), LAWRENCE (1527?-1590)

Humphrey Wyrley See also:

• BIRCH
• BIRCH (Betula)
• BIRCH, SAMUEL (1813–1885)
• BIRCH, THOMAS (1705-1766)

Birch . See also:

• BURNEY, CHARLES (1726-1814)

Burney in his History of Music devotes several pages of his third See also:

• VOLUME

volume (pp .

603-612) to Dr Croft's See also:

• LIFE

life, and criticisms of some of his anthems . During the earlier See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of his life Croft wrote much for the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, including overtures and incidental music for Courtship d la mode (1700), The Funeral (1702) and The Lying See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

Lover (1703) .