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See also:ATTWOOD, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1765-1838) , See also:English composer, the son of a See also:coal See also:merchant who had musical tastes, was See also:born in See also:London on the 23rd of See also:November 1765. At the See also:age of nine he became a chorister in the See also:Chapel Royal, -where he remained for five years. In 1783 he was sent to study abroad at the expense of the See also:prince of See also:Wales (afterwards See also:George IV.), who had been favourably impressed by his skill at the See also:harpsichord. After spending two years at See also:Naples, Attwood proceeded to See also:Vienna, where he became a favourite See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil of See also:Mozart. On his return to London in 1787 he held for a See also:short 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 an See also:appointment as one of the chamber musicians to the prince of Wales. In '796 he was chosen organist of St See also:Paul's, and in the same See also:year he was made composer to the Chapel Royal. His See also:court connexion was further confirmed by his appointment as musical instructor to the duchess of See also:York, and afterwards to the princess of Wales. For the See also:coronation of George IV. he composed the See also:anthem, " 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 shall rejoice," a See also:work of high merit. The king, who had neglected him for some years on See also:account of his connexion with the princess of Wales, now restored him to favour, and in 1821 appointed him organist to his private chapel at See also:Brighton. Soon after the institution of the Royal See also:Academy of See also:Music in 1823, Attwood was chosen one of the professors. He was also one of the See also:original members of the -Philharmonic Society, founded in 1813. He wrote the anthem, " O See also:Lord, See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant the King a See also:Long See also:Life," which was performed at the coronation of 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 IV., and he was composing a similar work for the coronation of See also:Queen See also:Victoria when he died at his See also:house in See also:Cheyne Walk, See also:Chelsea, on the 24th of See also:March 1838.
He was buried under the See also:organ in St Paul's See also:cathedral. His services and anthems
were published in a collected See also:form after his See also:death by his pupil See also:Walmisley. Of his See also:secular compositions several songs and glees are well known and popular. The numerous operas which he composed in See also:early life• are now practically forgotten. Of his songs the most popular was " The Soldier's See also:Dream," and the best of his glees were " In See also:peace Love tunes the shepherd's See also:reed," and " To all that breathe the See also:air of See also:Heaven." Attwood was a friend of Mendelssohn, for whom he professed an admiration at a time when the See also:young See also:German's See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent was little appreciated by the See also:majority of English musicians.
End of Article: ATTWOOD, THOMAS (1765-1838)
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