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Johann Christoph Pepusch was the Master of Music at Cannons from 1716 and he saw the size of the musical establishment at first expand and then decline in the 1720s in response to Brydges' losses in the South Sea Bubble, a financial crash which took place in 1720. [3]
In 1717, Handel became composer in residence at Cannons in Middlesex, seat of James Brydges, Earl of Carnarvon, who in 1719 became the First Duke of Chandos. [1] [2] Johann Christoph Pepusch was Master of Music, having taken up his post before Handel's arrival. [3] [4] The interior of St Lawrence's Church
Johann Christoph Pepusch (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈpeːpʊʃ]; 1667 – 31 July [O.S. 20 July] 1752), also known as John Christopher Pepusch (English: / ˈ p eɪ p ʊ ʃ /) and Dr Pepusch, was a German-born composer who spent most of his working life in England.
The music director for twenty years was the German composer Johann Christoph Pepusch. He wrote a number of pieces of church music for the Cannons chapel. [18] The size of the musical establishment at Cannons declined in the 1720s in response to the family's losses in the South Sea Bubble, a financial crash which took place in 1720. [19]
Cannons, 1717–18: St. Lawrence, Whitchurch, London Chandos Anthem No. 7. Partly derived from the "Te Deum in D" (HWV 280). The trio "Thou rulest the raging sea" performed at Cannons but probably spurious; possibly composed by Johann Christoph Pepusch or Nicola Francesco Haym instead. Psalm 89 253 O come, let us sing unto the Lord Cannons ...
George Frideric Handel. Acis and Galatea (HWV 49) is a musical work by George Frideric Handel with an English text by John Gay.The work has been variously described as a serenata, a masque, a pastoral or pastoral opera, a "little opera" (in a letter by the composer while it was being written), an entertainment and by the New Grove Dictionary of Music as an oratorio.
This division is taken from one of Johann Christopher Pepusch's sonatas for recorder and basso continuo. It is written, unlike most other divisions, in the style of the baroque Dance Suite with its AABB form. [citation needed] Prelude by Mr Pepusch: AABB: F Major: This division is also taken from a recorder sonata by Pepusch and is in AABB form.
Demi-cannons were capable of firing these heavy metal balls with such force, that they could penetrate more than a meter of solid oak, from a distance of 90 m (300 ft), and could dismast even the largest ships at close range. [115] Full cannons fired a 42 lb (19 kg) shot, but were discontinued by the 18th century, as they were too unwieldy.