William Jackson of Exeter (1730-1803)
- Sonata (IV) for Harpsichord with accompaniment (c.1773)
Performers: Ars Musicae, Mallorca
Further info: Songs, Canzonets, and Sonata
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English composer, essayist, organist and painter. The son of a grocer,
he was given a liberal private education and studied with musicians at
Exeter Cathedral and other visiting musicians in the city.
After receiving some musical instruction from John Silvester, organist
of Exeter Cathedral, Jackson was sent in 1748 to London, to become a
pupil of John Travers, organist to the Chapel Royal. In 1767 Jackson
wrote the music for an adaptation of Milton's Lycidas, which was
produced at Covent Garden on 4 November of the same year, on the
occasion of the death of Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, brother
to George III. While in London, he was a visitor at the meetings of the
Madrigal Society. On his return to Exeter Jackson devoted himself to
teaching music until Michaelmas 1777, when he was appointed subchanter,
organist, lay vicar, and master of choristers to the cathedral, in
succession to Richard Langdon. Jackson's pupils included George Baker,
William Bennet and John Davy. He was survived by his wife (née
Bartlett), two sons and a daughter; the sons pursued successful careers
in diplomatic service. A monument was erected to him in the vestry of St
Stephen’s, Exeter, where he is buried. Throughout his life Jackson was
active as a composer in a variety of media, though the largest
proportion of work published in his lifetime was secular vocal music.
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