William Crotch
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 177 years ago |
Date of birth | July 5,1775 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Norwich |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | December 29,1847 |
Died | Taunton |
United Kingdom | |
Job | Composer |
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Education | Christ Church |
Children | William Robert Crotch |
Grandchildren | William Duppa Crotch |
George Robert Crotch | |
Books | Elements of Musical Composition: Comprehending the Rules of Thorough Bass, and the Theory of Tuning |
Account of an Infant Musician [William Crotch] ... Reed at the Royal Society, Feb. 18, 1779 | |
Practical Thorough-Bass: Or, the Art of Playing from a Figured Basson the Organ Or Pianoforte | |
A Collection of National English Airs: Consisting of Ancient Song, Ballad, Dance Tunes, Interspersed with Remarks and Anecdote, and Preceded by an Essay on English Minstrelsy | |
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ID | 1388008 |
William Crotch Life story
William Crotch was an English composer and organist. According to the American musicologist Nicholas Temperley, Crotch was "a child prodigy without parallel in the history of music", and was certainly the most distinguished English musician in his day.