|
See also:JACKSON, 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 (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 " 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 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.
End of Article: JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!