John Alcock (organist)

John Alcock (11 April 1715, London – 23 February 1806) was an English organist and composer. He wrote instrumental music, glees and much church music.

John Alcock

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:

Organist of St Andrew's Church, Plymouth 1737–1741
Organist of St Laurence's Church, Reading 1741–1750
Organist of Lichfield Cathedral 1750–1761
Organist of Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Coldfield 1761–1786
Organist of St. Editha's Church, Tamworth 1766–1790[2]

Personal life

John Alcock married Margaret Beaumont (1711–1792) on 20 May 1737. They had several children, including their eldest son and fellow composer John (1740—1791) and youngest son and organist William (1756—1833).[3]

References

Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Alcock, John". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. pp. 12. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
Cathedral Organists, John E. West, London, Novello and Company, 1899.
Johnstone, H. Diack (2004). "Alcock, John (1715–1806)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/291. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links

Free scores by John Alcock in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Free scores by John Alcock at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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[Harvard_Bio-1] Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Alcock, John". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. pp. 12. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

[2] Cathedral Organists, John E. West, London, Novello and Company, 1899.

[odnb-3] Johnstone, H. Diack (2004). "Alcock, John (1715–1806)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/291. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)