JACKSON, William (1730-1803) - Sonata for Harpsichord with accompaniment (c.1773)

William Jackson of Exeter (1730-1803) - Sonata (IV) for Harpsichord with accompaniment (c.1773)

Performers: Ars Musicae, Mallorca 

Drawing: John Downman (1750-1824) - Portrait of William Jackson, of Exeter, the composer (1781)

Further info: Songs, Canzonets, and Sonata

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William Jackson [of Exeter]

(Exeter, 29 May 1730 - Exeter, 5 July 1803)

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. 

JACKSON, William (1730-1803) - Songs & Canzonets

Obra de Francis Cotes (1726-1770), pintor anglès (1)

- Recordatori de William Jackson -

En el dia de la commemoració del seu 215è aniversari de decés

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Parlem de Pintura...

Francis Cotes (London, 20 de maig de 1726 - Richmond, 16 de juliol de 1770) va ser un pintor anglès. Des de ben jove es va formar al taller de George Knapton on es especialitzar en pintura de retrats, primer a l'oli i posteriorment al pastel. En la seva primera etapa va mostrar una clara influència de l'estil de la pintora veneciana Rosalba Carriera. A partir del 1753, any de l'arribada del famós pintor suís Jean-Étienne Liotard a Anglaterra, va abandonar l'estil decoratiu i va mostrar un esperit més realista. Va ser aleshores quan va rivalitzar amb els seus col·legues Thomas Gainsborough i Joshua Reynolds assolint la plenitud de la seva carrera a l'entorn de la dècada del 1760. Va ser també en aquell període que va exposar a la Societat d'Artistes, entre altres, i va aconseguir el mecenatge de Jordi III del Regne Unit. El 1768 va ser un dels membres fundadors de la Royal Academy of Arts de Londres. Finalment, va morir a Richmond el juliol de 1770.

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Parlem de Música...

William Jackson [Jackson of Exeter] (Exeter, 29 de maig de 1730 - Exeter, 5 de juliol de 1803) va ser un organista i compositor anglès. Es va formar amb John Silvester, organista de la Catedral d'Exeter. A partir del 1748 va viure a Londres on va estudiar amb John Travers, organista de la Capella Reial. A l'entorn del 1767 va començar a escriure música de forma regular sent la primera partitura una adaptació musical de l'obra Lycidas de Milton la qual es va representar el 4 de novembre de 1767 en el Covent Garden i en motiu de la mort del príncep Edward, Duc de York. També a Londres va participar activament en la Madrigal Society. Al seu retorn a Exeter, va treballar com a professor fins el 1777, any que va ser nomenat organista i mestre del cor de la Catedral d'Exeter en substitució de Richard Langdon. Com a professor, va gaudir de notable fama amb alumnes com George Baker, William Bennet i John Davy. Com a compositor, va destacar amb les seves òperes The Lord of the Manor (1780) i Metamorphoses (1783) així com amb diverses odes i cançons. També va escriure nombrosos tractats musicals entre ells Observations on the Present State of Music in London (1791) i The Four Ages, together with Essays on Various Subjects (1798). William Jackson va morir a Exeter el juliol de 1803.

Benjamin Donn (1729-1798) - A Map of the County of Devon, with the City & County of Exeter (1765) (2)

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Stage:
all performed in London
Lycidas (afterpiece, 1, W. Jackson, after Milton), Covent Garden, 4 Nov 1767; music lost
The Lord of the Manor (comic op, 3, J.S. Burgoyne), Drury Lane, 27 Dec 1780; as op.12 (1781); many songs pubd singly
The Metamorphosis (comic op, 3, Jackson and R. Tickell), Drury Lane, 5 Dec 1783; as op.14 (1783)

Other secular:
op.
1 Twelve Songs, 1v, 2 vn, [va], bc (c1755)
3 [Invocation and 6] Elegies, 4vv, bc (c1760)
4 Twelve Songs, 1v, 2 vn, [va, 2 hn], bc (c1765)
7 Twelve Songs, 1v, 2 vn, [va, 2 fl, 2 hn], bc (c1770)
8 An Ode to Fancy (Warton), S, T, 4vv, orch (c1770), incl. an ov.
9 Twelve Canzonets, 2vv, bc (1770), the Linley edn (c1797) adds a canzonet no.13
11 Six Quartets, 4vv, bc (c1775), arrs. of songs: 4 by Arne, 1 by Greene, 1 by Jackson
13 A Second Set of Twelve Canzonets, 2vv, bc (c1782)
15 Twelve Pastorals, 2vv, bc (1786)
16 Twelve Songs, 1v, pf/str (c1790)
17 Six Epigrams, 2–4vv, pf (c1795)
18 Six Madrigals, 2–4vv, pf (c1798)

Numerous songs and canzonets from opp.1, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15 and 16, pubd singly and in 18th-century anthologies; other songs and partsongs in 18th-century anthologies
Queen of every moving measure, song, in W. Seward: Anecdotes of some Distinguished Persons, iv (London, 1796), 180–85

Vocal religiosa:

op.
5 An Anthem selected from the Psalms [‘Hear me O God’] and an Ode written by Pope [‘A dying Christian to his Soul’], 4vv, 2 vn, va, bc (1766), the Ode scored for 4vv, bc
6 [Twelve] Hymns, 3vv, bc (1768), also possible for 1v, bc
Anthems, services and hymn tunes in GB-EXc, Lbl, Lcm, some ed. J. Paddon, William Jackson: Anthems and Church Services (London, 1819)

Instrumental:

op.
[2] Six Sonatas, hpd, vn (c1757)
10 Eight Sonatas, hpd, 2 vn, va, vc (c1773)
Concerto in 7 parts, str, c1749, cited in K. Mummery, Catalogue of Music N.S.11 (Bournemouth, 1957)
Fairy Fantasies, ?insts, mentioned by Burney and others, ?lost

Literatura:

Thirty Letters on Various Subjects (London, 1783, 3/1795); nos.8, 10, 17 with a brief memoir in The Harmonicon, viii (1830), 355–8
Observations on the Present State of Music in London (London, 1791); extracts in The Harmonicon, iv (1826), 46–7
‘Handel’, in W. Seward: Anecdotes of some Distinguished Persons, iv (London, 3/1796), 467 only
The Four Ages together with Essays on Various Subjects (London, 1798/R)
‘William Jackson of Exeter, Musician’, Leisure Hour, xxxi (1882), 273–8, 360–62, 433–6, 504–6, 569–71, 620–25, 718–20 [an autobiography, journal of the tour of 1785, essays on Gainsborough and Reynolds, letters from Gainsborough to Jackson; based on papers inherited by Jackson’s grandson]
?A First Book for Performers on Keyed Instruments [cited by early biographers as an anonymous work of Jackson but not authenticated]
Anonymous review of BurneyH, iii, iv in Critical Review, lxviii (1789), 94–103, lxx (1790), 618–32
‘A Short Sketch of my own Life’, Gainsborough's House Review (Sudbury, 1996–7), 57–113 [autobiography and tour notes from Jackson autograph MS, incl. reproductions of sketches made on the tour of 1785]
Other anonymous reviews and critical essays must exist but have so far not been identified

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Informació addicional... 

INTERPRETS: Emma Kirkby (soprano); Irene Mas Salom (soprano); Charles Daniels (tenor); Ars Musicae, Mallorca
TOCCATACLASSICS: JACKSON, W. - Songs, Canzonets, and Sonata

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