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John Henry Maunder was born in Chelsea and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was organist at St Matthew's, Sydenham 1876–77, and St Paul's, Forest Hill 1878–79, neither of which now exists, as well as churches in Blackheath and Sutton, and accompanied concerts in the Royal Albert Hall.
"The Anacreontic Song", also known by its incipit "To Anacreon in Heaven", was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. Composed by John Stafford Smith, the tune was later used by several writers as a setting for t
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Dylan visited London from December 1962 to January 1963, [11] where he heard folk singers including Martin Carthy and learned tunes, including "Come All Ye Tramps And Hawkers" and "Paddy West" which he adapted in composing "I Pity the Poor Immigrant". [12]
Montgomery did not write the poem with the intention of it being set to music. [1] It was originally written as a Christmas poem. New York City preacher George Coles set the poem to music he wrote. [1] The hymn was adopted by some Christian congregations in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Liege & Lief is the fourth album by the British folk rock band Fairport Convention.It is the third album the group released in the UK during 1969, all of which prominently feature Sandy Denny as lead female vocalist (Denny did not appear on the group's 1968 debut album), as well as the first to feature future long-serving personnel Dave Swarbrick and Dave Mattacks on violin/mandolin and drums ...
Richard Wayne Mullins (October 21, 1955 – September 19, 1997) was an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter best known for his worship songs "Awesome God" and "Sometimes by Step".
He was accompanied by the visiting American pianist-composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk, "who encouraged him to pursue further violin studies in Paris and raised money for him to travel there". [2] José White studied at the Paris Conservatory , initially with Jean-Delphin Alard , between the years 1855 and 1871, winning the 1856 First Grand Prize ...