Samuel Webbe the younger
Samuel Webbe the younger (1768–1843) was an English music teacher and composer.[1]
Life
The son of Samuel Webbe (1740–1816), he was born in London, and studied the organ, piano, and vocal composition under his father and Muzio Clementi.[2]
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Works
Webbe published, with his father, A Collection of Original Psalm Tunes, 1800. He was also the author of anthems, madrigals, and glees, besides a Mass and a Sanctus, and a Chant for St Paul's Cathedral. He wrote settings for numerous songs and ballads. About 1830 he published Convito Armonico, a collection of madrigals, glees, duets, canons, and catches, by well-known composers.[2]
Family
Webbe married Diana Smith in 1803. Their son Egerton Webbe (1810–1840) wrote on musical subjects; and their daughter Louisa married Edward Holmes.[2]
Notes
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28934. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c d e Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63410. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
External links
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Webbe, Samuel (1770?-1843)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co.