John Alcock (organist)

John Alcock, (11 April 1715, London – 23 February 1806) was an English organist and composer. He wrote instrumental music, glees and much church music.

Career

He was a pupil of John Stanley at St. Paul's Cathedral, and he earned a doctorate in music at the University of Oxford in 1766.^[1] Much detail of his life is included in his semi-autobiographical novel, "The Life Of Miss Fanny Brown" published under the pseudonym John Piper in 1771. He also held a position as private organist to the Earl of Donegall.

He was

Organist of St Andrew's Church, Plymouth 1737–1741
Organist of St Laurence's Church, Reading 1741–1750
Organist of Lichfield Cathedral 1750–1761
Organist of Sutton Coldfield Parish Church 1761–1786
Organist of St. Editha's Church, Tamworth 1766–1790^[2]

References

^ Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Alcock, John". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. pp. 12. ISBN 0674372999.
^ Cathedral Organists, John E. West, London, Novello and Company, 1899.

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about John Alcock.

Free scores by John Alcock in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
Free scores by John Alcock in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Free scores by John Alcock at the International Music Score Library Project

Persondata
Name	Alcock, John
Alternative names	Piper, John
Short description	English composer and organist
Date of birth	11 April 1715
Place of birth	London
Date of death	1806
Place of death