John Fawcett (of Bolton)
John Fawcett (8 December 1789 – 26 October 1867) was an English composer, chiefly of sacred music. He was born in
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He composed numerous sets of psalm and hymn tunes and several anthems, including New Set of Sacred Music, in three parts (1811), A Second Sett of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1814), The Vocal Instructor (1830), The Harp of Zion (1845), The Seraphic Choir (1840), Melodia Divina (1841, supplement 1854), Music for Thousands (1845), The Cherub Lute (1845), the oratorio "Paradise" (1853), The Lancashire Vocalist (1854), The Temperance Minstrel (1856), Chanting made easy (1857), The Universal Chorister (1860), The Voice of Harmony (24 anthems and pieces), Miriam's Timbrel (1862), The Voice of Devotion (four hundred popular and original hymn tunes, selected and revised by Fawcett, 1862–3), The Temperance Harmonist (1864).[3]
Fawcett died at Bolton on 26 October 1867.
His third son, John Fawcett the younger (1825-1857), was also a composer and organist.[4]
References
- ^ Grove, Sir George (1908). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 2. New York: McMIllan. p. 18.
- ^ Sally Drage, 'John Fawcett of Bolton: the changing face of psalmody', http://www.wgma.org.uk/Articles/Fawcett.htm
- ^ Stephen Samuel Stratton and James Duff Brown, 'British Musical Biography' (1897), p.143-144
- ^ Middleton, Louisa Mary (1889). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 18. p. 259. .
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Middleton, Louisa M. (1889). "Fawcett, John (1789-1867)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 260.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. New York, McMillan.
External links
- Free scores by John Fawcett (of Bolton) at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free scores by John Fawcett in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)