John Alcock (organist)

John Alcock

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:

References

  1. Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Alcock, John". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.
  2. 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.