biography
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| lived:
| (1713–86)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in London, UK. Blinded in an accident at two, his musical talent was such that he became organist at All Hallows, Bread Street, at the age of 11. Later he held posts at St Andrew's, Holborn, and at the Inner Temple. His compositions, which include the oratorios Zimri and The Fall of Egypt, cantatas, organ voluntaries, concerti grossi, and instrumental sonatas, have won increasing recognition, and today he is regarded as one of the greatest of 18th-c English composers. |
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