William Child
William Child (160623 March 1697) was an English composer and organist.
William Child
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- Name
- William Child
- Born
- 1606
- Died
- 23 March 1697
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Occupation
- composer
- Fields
- classical
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Languages
- English
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• Name — William Child • Born — 1606 • Died — 23 March 1697 • Instrument — Organ • Genre — Church music William Child (160623 March 1697) was an English composer and organist.
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William Child was a composer, born in 1606 in Bristol, United Kingdom and died on 23 March 1697 in Windsor, United Kingdom. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France; the death by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Early life
Early life
Born in Bristol, Child was a chorister in the cathedral under the direction of Elway Bevin. In 1630 he began his lifetime association with St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, becoming first a lay-clerk and, from 1632, Master of the Choristers there until the dissolution of the chapel in 1643. After the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Child was re-appointed to St. George's, became Master of the King's Wind Music and a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.
Works
Works
His output of church music is understandably considerable, including a set of psalms (1639), many anthems and 17 service settings. He was often influenced by the Italian 'tastes' of his time, but also wrote anthems in more conventional English forms. Little secular music of Child survives, namely, a number of catches and instrumental pieces.
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- 1.Frederick Hudson und William Roy: Child, William. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.), Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, zweite Ausgabe, Personenteil, Band 4 (Cam–Cou). Bärenreiter/Metzler, Kassel u. a. 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1114-4, Spalte 934–936
- 2.Marc Honegger, Günther Massenkeil (Hrsg.): Das große Lexikon der Musik, Band 2. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1979, ISBN 3-451-18052-9, S. 119–120
- 3.The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, hrsg. von Stanley Sadie, 2nd Edition, Band 5. McMillan Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-333-60800-3, S. 607–609
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