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:JACKSON (1730-1803)
, See also:English musician, was See also:horn at See also:Exeter on the 29th of May 1730
.
His See also:father, a See also:grocer, bestowed a liberal See also:education upon him, but, on See also:account of the lad's strong predilection for See also:music, was induced to See also:place him under the care of See also:John See also:Silvester, the organist of Exeter See also:Cathedral, with whom he remained about two years
.
In 1748 he went to See also:London, and studied under John Travers, organist of 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's See also:chapel
.
Returning to Exeter, he settled there as a teacher and composer, and in 1777 was appointed subchanter, organist, See also:lay-See also:vicar and See also:master of the choristers of the cathedral
.
In 1755 he published his first See also:work, Twelve Songs, which became at once
sichord, was a failure
.
His third work, Six Elegies for three voices, preceded by an Invocation, with an See also:Accompaniment, placed him among the first composers of his See also:day
.
His See also:fourth work was another set of Twelve Songs, now very scarce; and his fifth work was again a set of Twelve Songs, all of which are now forgotten
.
He next published Twelve See also:Hymns, with some See also:good remarks upon that See also:style of See also:composition, although his precepts were better than his practice
.
A set of Twelve Songs followed, containing some good compositions
.
Next came an See also:Ode to See also:Fancy, the words by Dr See also:Warton
.
Twelve Canzonets for two voices formed his ninth work; and one of them—" See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
Time has not thinned my Flowing See also:Hair "—See also:long held a place at public and private concerts
.
His tenth work was Eight Sonatas for the See also:Harpsichord, some of which were novel and pleasing
.
He composed three dramatic pieces,—Lycidas (1767), The See also:Lord of the See also:Manor, to See also:General See also:Burgoyne's words (1780), and The Metamorphoses, a comic See also:opera produced at See also:Drury See also:Lane in 1783, which did not succeed
.
In the second of these dramatic See also:works, two airs—" Encompassed in an See also:Angel's See also:Form " and " When first this Humble Roof I knew "—were See also:great favourites
.
His 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 music was published after his See also:death by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Paddon (182o); most of it is poor, but " See also:Jackson in F " was for many years popular
.
In 1782 he published See also:Thirty Letters on Various Subjects, in which he severely attacked canons, and described 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:Bird's Non nobis Domine as containing passages not to be endured
.
But his anger and contempt were most strongly expressed against catches of all kinds, which he denounced as barbarous
.
In 1791 he put forth a pamphlet, Observations on the See also:Present See also:State of Music in London, in which he found See also:fault with everything and everybody
.
He published in 1798 The Four Ages, together with Essays on Various Subjects,—a work which gives a favourable See also:idea of his See also:character and of his See also:literary acquirements
.
Jackson also cultivated a See also:taste for landscape See also:painting, and imitated, not unsuccessfully, the style of his friend See also:Gainsborough
.
He died on the 5th of See also:July 1803
.
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