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See also:BOYCE, 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 (1710-1779) , See also:English musical composer, the son of a See also:cabinet-maker, was See also:born in See also:London on the 7th of See also:February 1710. As a chorister in St See also:Paul's he received his See also:early musical See also:education from See also:Charles 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 and Dr See also:Maurice See also:Greene, and he afterwards studied the theory of See also:music under Dr See also:Pepusch. In 1734, having become organist 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 See also:chapel, See also:Vere See also:Street, See also:Cavendish Square, he set See also:Lord See also:Lansdowne's masque of See also:Peleus and See also:Thetis to music. In 1736 he See also:left Oxford chapel and was appointed organist of St See also:Michael's 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, Cornhill, and in the same See also:year he became composer to the chapel royal, and wrote the music for See also:John Lockman's See also:oratorio See also:David's Lamentation over See also:Saul and See also:Jonathan. In 1737 he was appointed to conduct the meetings of the three choirs of See also:Gloucester, See also:Worcester and See also:Hereford. In 1743 was written the serenata See also:Solomon, in which occurs the favourite See also:song " Softly rise, 0 See also:southern See also:breeze." In 1749 he received the degree of See also:doctor of music from the university of See also:Cambridge, as an See also:acknowledgment of the merit of his setting of the See also:ode performed at the See also:installation of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Pelham, See also:duke of See also:Newcastle, as See also:chancellor; and in this year he became organist of All-hallows the See also:Great and Less, See also:Thames Street. A musical setting to The Chaplet, an entertainment by See also:Moses Mendez, was Boyce's most successful achievement in this year. In 1750 he wrote songs for See also:Dryden's See also:Secular Masque and in 1751 set another piece (The Shepherd's Lottery) by Mendez. He became See also:master of the king's See also:band in See also:succession to Greene in 1757, and in 1758 he was appointed See also:principal organist to the chapel royal. As an ecclesiastical composer Boyce ranks among the best representatives of the English school. His two church services and his anthems, of which the best specimens are By the. See also:Waters of See also:Babylon and O, Where shall See also:Wisdom be found, are frequently performed. It should also be remembered that he wrote additional accompaniments and choruses for See also:Purcell's Te Deum and Jubilate, which the earlier musician had composed for the St See also:Cecilia's See also:day of 1694. Boyce did this in his capacity of conductor at the See also:annual festivals of the Sons of the See also:Clergy at St Paul's See also:cathedral, an See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office which he had taken in succession to Greene. His twelve trios for two violins and a See also:bass were See also:long popular. One of his most valuable services to musical See also:art was his publication in three volumes See also:quarto of a See also:work on Cathedral Music. The collection had been begun by Greene, but it was mainly the work of Boyce. The first See also:volume appeared in 176o and the last in 1778. On the 7th of February 1779 Boyce died from an attack of See also:gout. He was buried under the See also:dome of St Paul's cathedral.
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