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 See also:

• WILLIAM CROTCH (1775-1847)

CROTCH (1775-1847)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English musician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green's See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich, on the 5th of See also:

• JULY

July 1775 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a 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 See also:

• CARPENTER, LANT (1780-1840)
• CARPENTER, MIRY (1807-1877)
• CARPENTER, WILLIAM BENJAMIN (1813-1885)

carpenter . The See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child was extraordinarily precocious, and when scarcely more than two years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he played upon an See also:

• ORGAN

organ of his See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent's construction something like the tune of " See also:

• GOD

God See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King." At the-age of four he came to See also:

• LONDON

London and gave daily recitals on the organ in the rooms of a See also:

• MILLINER

milliner in Piccadilly . The precocity of his musical See also:

• INTUITION (from Lat. intueri, to look at)

intuition was almost equalled by a singularly See also:

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

early aptitude for See also:

• DRAWING

drawing . In 1786 he went to See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge as assistant to Dr See also:

• RANDALL, SAMUEL JACKSON (1828-189o)

Randall the organist . His See also:

• ORATORIO

oratorio The Captivity of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah was played at Trinity See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, Cambridge, on the 4th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1789 . He was then only fourteen years of age . His intention of entering the 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 carried him to 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 1788, but the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior attractions of a musical career acquired an increasing See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over him, and in 1790 he was appointed organist of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ Church . At the early age of twenty-two he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• MUSIC

music in the university of Oxford, and there in 1799 he took his degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor in that See also:

• ART

art . In 1800 and the four following years he read lectures on music at Oxford . Next he was appointed lecturer on music to the Royal Institution, and subsequently, in 1822, See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of the London Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Music . His last years were passed at See also:

• TAUNTON
• TAUNTON, HENRY LABOUCHERE, BARON (1798–1869)

Taunton in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of his son, the Rev .

W . R . See also:

• CROTCH, WILLIAM (1775-1847)

Crotch, where he died suddenly on the 29th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1847 . He published a number of vocal and instrumental compositions, of which the best is his oratorio See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, produced in 1812 . In 1831 appeared an 8vo See also:

• VOLUME

volume containing the substance of his lectures on music, delivered at Oxford and in London . Previously, he had published three volumes of Specimens of Various Styles of Music . Among his didactic See also:

• WORKS

works is Elements of Musical See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

Composition and Thorough-See also:

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

Bass (London, 1812) . The oratorio bearing the See also:

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

title The Captivity of Judah, and produced on the occasion of the See also:

• INSTALLATION

installation of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington as See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the university of Oxford in 1834, is a totally different See also:

• WORK

work from that which he wrote upon the same subject as a boy of fourteen . He arranged for the See also:

• PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

pianoforte a number of See also:

• HANDEL, GEORGE FREDERICK (1685–1759)

Handel's oratorios and operas, besides symphonies and quartetts of See also:

• HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH (1732–1809)

Haydn, See also:

• MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS1 (1756–1791)

Mozart and See also:

• BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827)

Beethoven . The See also:

• GREAT

great expectations excited by his See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant precocity were not fulfilled; for he manifested no extraordinary See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius for musical composition . But he was an industrious student and a See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound artist, and his name remains See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar in English musical See also:

• HISTORY

history .