William Hayes (1708-1777)
- Symphony (d minor) 'The Fall of Jericho' (c.1740)
Performers: Capricio Basel
Further info: Concerti, Ouvertüre und Sinfonia
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English composer, organist and singer. He showed an early talent for
music. He trained at Gloucester Cathedral where the cathedral account
books record his name amongst the choristers from 1717. He spent the
early part of his working life as organist of St Mary's, Shrewsbury
(1729) and Worcester Cathedral (1731). The majority of his career was
spent at the University of Oxford where he was appointed organist of
Magdalen College in 1734, and established his credentials with the
degrees of B.Mus in 1735 and D.Mus in 1749. (He was painted by John
Cornish in his doctoral robes around 1749.) In 1741 he was unanimously
elected Heather Professor of Music and organist of the University Church
of St Mary the Virgin. He presided over Oxford's concert life for the
next 30 years, and was instrumental in the building of the Holywell
Music Room in 1748, the oldest purpose-built music room in Europe. He
was one of the earliest members of the Royal Society of Musicians, and
in 1765 was elected a "privileged member" of the Noblemen and
Gentlemen's Catch Club. He died in Oxford, aged 69. His sons Philip
Hayes (1738-1797) and William Hayes (1741-1790) were also singers and
composers.
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