Thomas Attwood Walmisley

Thomas Attwood Walmisley

Thomas Attwood Walmisley (1814 – 1856) was an English composer and organist.

Early life

He was born in London, the son of Thomas Forbes Gerrard Walmisley (1783-1866), a well-known organist and composer of church music and glees. Thomas Attwood was his godfather, and the boy was educated in music under their tuition.

Career

Walmisley became organist at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1833, and there he soon became prominent by his anthems and other compositions. He was simultaneously organist for the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge.He not only took the degrees of Mus.Bac. and Mus.Doc., but also graduated at Jesus College as BA and MA.

In 1836 Walmisley was made professor of music. His "Cathedral Music" was edited after his death by his father.

Later life

Walmisley died in 1856, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery.

Media

multi-listen end

External links

*ChoralWiki


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Thomas Attwood (composer) — Thomas Attwood (November 23 1765 ndash;March 24 1838) was an English composer and organist.The son of a musician in the royal band, Attwood was born in London. At the age of nine he became a chorister in the Chapel Royal. In 1783 he was sent to… …   Wikipedia

  • Whytehead, Thomas — (1815 1843)    He was born at Thormanby in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the son of a clergyman who died young. His education was at grammar school and at St. John s College, Cambridge, where he won several poetry prizes. He graduated B.A. in… …   British and Irish poets

  • Choir of St John's College, Cambridge — St John s College Chapel The Choir of St John s College, Cambridge, is a collegiate choir of the English cathedral tradition. Though early records are obscure, it is known that its origins can be traced to the original foundation of the College… …   Wikipedia

  • choral music — ▪ vocal music Introduction       music sung by a choir with two or more voices assigned to each part. Choral music is necessarily polyphonal i.e., consisting of two or more autonomous vocal (vocal music) lines. It has a long history in European… …   Universalium

  • List of Anglican church composers — Composers who have made significant contributions to the repertory of Anglican church music.A*Malcolm Archer *Thomas Armstrong *Thomas Attwood *Richard AylewardB*Edward Bairstow *Joseph Barnby *Adrian Batten *Lennox Berkeley *Hugh Blair *John… …   Wikipedia

  • Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge — The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge is a mixed choir whose primary function is to sing choral services in the Tudor chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. The choir has taken various forms since its foundation, and has existed in its present… …   Wikipedia

  • Brompton Cemetery — is located near Earl s Court in West Brompton, a part of the Borough of Kensington Chelsea in west London, England. It is managed by The Royal Parks and is one of the Magnificent Seven. Established by Act of Parliament, it opened in 1840 and was… …   Wikipedia

  • Evening Prayer (Anglican) — Part of a series on the Anglican Communion …   Wikipedia

  • Oboe — Tesitura …   Wikipedia Español

  • List of people from Hastings — Hastings is a town and borough in East Sussex, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Hastings, or had some important contribution to make to the town. Notes: *‡ signifies current (2008) resident *¶… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”