Francis Pigott
Francis Pigott | |
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| Born | c. 1665 |
| Died | 15 May 1704 London |
| Genres | Baroque music |
| Instrument(s) | Organ, harpsichord |
Francis Pigott (c. 1665 – 15 May 1704) was an English Baroque composer and organist.
Career
He was a
Father Smith organ at the Temple Church in 1688. On the death of Henry Purcell in 1695, Pigott received an "extraordinary" appointment as organist at the Chapel Royal, and was finally sworn in as the First Organist on 24 March 1697, after the death of William Child.[1]
Works
Pigott has been tentatively identified as the manuscript copyist known as "London A" by his handwriting and by his known association with
Queen Anne in 1702; it was also used at the coronation of King George I in 1714 and was probably the setting intended for that of King George II in 1727 but was omitted on the day by mistake.[3]
Family
It is believed that Pigott was the son of Francis Pigott (1614 to 1694), who is mentioned as a musician in the diary of Samuel Pepys, and his wife, Elizabeth née Lawson, who were married in 1664.[4] The younger Francis Pigott married Anne Pelling in 1688; their son, John Pigott, succeeded his father as the organist at the Temple Church in 1704.[5] John's son, another Francis Pigott, was organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle until 1756.[6]
Scores
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0521028110(p. 312)
- ISBN 978-0874134087(p. 314)
- ISBN 978-1-107-02344-4(Appendix C, pp. 281–284)
- ^ Pigott, Chris (15 April 2012). "The Diary of Samuel Pepys - Encyclopedia - Francis Piggot". www.pepysdiary.com. Phil Gyford. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ISBN 978-0257657875(p.117)
- ^ West, John E (1899), Cathedral Organists Past and Present, Novello & Company, London (p. 132)
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