Wesley, Samuel

Wesley, Samuel

▪ English composer
born Feb. 24, 1766, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.
died Oct. 11, 1837, London

      composer and organist who helped introduce the music of J.S. Bach (Bach, Johann Sebastian) into England. The son of Charles Wesley, the hymn writer, and the nephew of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, he began an oratorio, Ruth, at the age of 6 and at age 11 published Eight Lessons for the Harpsichord. Though he suffered from 1787 onward from an injury to his skull, he became one of the finest organists and extemporizers of his time. With K.F. Horn he published an English edition of Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier). A man of wide culture, he also won renown as a conductor and lecturer. His many compositions include symphonies, concerti, services, anthems, and motets, of which Exultate Deo and In exitu Israel are outstanding.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Wesley, Samuel Sebastian — ▪ English composer born Aug. 14, 1810, London died April 19, 1876, Gloucester, Eng.       composer and organist, one of the most distinguished English church musicians of his time. The natural son of Samuel Wesley (Wesley, Samuel), he was a… …   Universalium

  • Wesley, Samuel — (24 February 1766, Bristol, England – 11 October 1837, London)    Son of Charles Wesley, perhaps the finest English organist of his time. He greatly admired the Roman Catholic polyphonic tradition and composed six masses and over 50 motets to… …   Historical dictionary of sacred music

  • Samuel Wesley — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Wesley. Samuel Wesley …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Samuel Wesley (poète) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Wesley. Samuel Wesley (17 décembre 1662 – 15 avril 1735) est un poète et écrivain de prose anglais. Biographie Le père de Samuel Wesley est le révérend non conformiste John Westley. Il se… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Wesley Boyle — Infobox Football biography playername = Wesley Boyle fullname = Wesley Samuel Boyle dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|3|30 cityofbirth = Portadown countryofbirth = Northern Ireland height = nickname = position = Midfielder currentclub =… …   Wikipedia

  • Samuel Wesley — (24 February 1766 – 11 October 1837) was an English organist and composer in the late Georgian period. Wesley was a contemporary of Mozart (1756 – 1791) and was called by some the English Mozart. Personal lifeBorn in Bristol, England, he was the… …   Wikipedia

  • Samuel Nunez — Samuel Nunezs (1668–1744) was a Portuguese physician and among the earliest Jews to settle in North America. A few months after their February 1733 arrival from England, an epidemic began claiming the lives of the first 114 colonists of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Wesley — may refer to: urname*The Wesley family, founders of Methodism and noted musicians, including: **Samuel Wesley (poet) (1662 1735), minister and Stuart poet **John Wesley (1703 1791), son of the above, the Founder of the Methodist denomination of… …   Wikipedia

  • Samuel Sebastian Wesley — (14 August 1810 ndash; 19 April 1876) was an English organist and composer.He was born in London, the son of the composer Samuel Wesley and his partner Sarah Suter, and grandson of Charles Wesley. After singing in the choir of the Chapel Royal as …   Wikipedia

  • Samuel Chadwick — was born in the industrialized north of England in 1840 into a devout Methodist family.Early lifeHis father worked in a cotton mill; at the age of 8, Samuel joined him, working 12 hour shifts. At the age of 21, he became a lay pastor at… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”