Raynor Taylor

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Raynor Taylor was born in London, England in 1747 and died in Philadelphia, United States in 1825. He emigrated to the United States in 1792. ^[1] Taylor was a composer, actor, teacher, organist and musical director. He was one of the first American composers. ^[2] The scholar, Victor Fell Yellin, wrote about about Raynor Taylor's theatrical work, “His overture to The Ethiop is perhaps the finest theatrical overture that has survived from the Federal period.” ^[3] Another historian wrote, “As a specialty he cultivated burlesque olios or ‘extravaganzas’ which came dangerously near being music hall skits.” ^[4] Taylor was one of the founding members of the Musical Fund Society. He died in 1825 and was buried at St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia.

[edit] List of Works

• Capocchio and Dorinna, (1793)
• Old Woman of Eighty Three (1793)
• The Ethiop; or, The Child of the Desert (1814).
• The American Captives Emancipation (1806)
• Amyntor : a pastoral song (1795) None None
• The Beech Tree's Petition / the words by Campbell(1810 and 1815)
• Bonny Willy / the words by Mr. C. Harford (1798 and 1804)
• The Camel's Bell (1813 or 1814)
• Hark Hark the Joy Inspiring Horn (1805 and 1809)
• The Lass of the Cot (1795)
• Ma Chere, et Mon Cher (1798 and 1804)
• The Merry Piping Lad : a ballad in the Scots taste (1795)
• Nancy of the Vale : a pastoral ballad (1795)
• The Queen of Flowers : as sung at the Amateurs concert by Mr. Gillingham (1812)
• Rustic Festivity :(1807 and 1811)
• Vive la Liberté : a new song (1795)
• The Wand'ring Village Maid (1795 )
• When Death's Gloomy Angel Was Bending His Bow (1814)
• While the Morn is Inviting to Love : a favorite song (1797 and 1799)
• The Wounded Soldier (1794)
• The Iron-Chest
• The Shipwreck'd Mariner
• Monody (1799)
• Buxom Joan (1778)

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/keffer/taylor.html Philadelphia Composers: Raynor Taylor (1747-1825)
2. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline
3. ^ Chamber music By Rayner Taylor, John Metz, Published 2001, A-R Editions, Inc.
4. ^ Early American Operas, O. G. Sonneck, Sammelbände der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft, 6. Jahrg., H. 3. (Apr., 1905)