Richard Jones (c.1680-1744) - Suite V from "Suits or setts of lessons for the harpsicord ... " (1732)
Performers: Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord)
Further info: Richard Jones (c.1680-1744)
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English composer and violinist. His first publication appeared in 1720, a
solo cantata 'While in a Lovely Rurall Seat'. He was associated with
the Drury Lane Theater Orchestra in London. His association with Drury
Lane may have begun as early as 1723, when a masque, 'Apollo and
Daphne', by ‘Jones’ was performed there; it was adapted in 1725 as a
pantomime with songs by Henry Carey. According to John Hawkins, in 1730
he succeeded Stefano Carbonelli as the orchestra's leader there. He also
was a teacher; among his violin pupils was Michael Christian Festing.
He died in 1744, of which his position in Drury Lane was succeeded by
Richard Clarke. As a composer, almost nothing is extant and only the
cantata 'While in a lovely rural seat' and his instrumental music has
survived to our days. Among them, a large collection of 'Suits or Setts
of Lessons for keyboard' (1732).
