The British Musical Biography

[E] Greene, Maurice, organist and composer,
born, London, 1696 [1G95]. Chorister in St.
Paul's Cathedral. He studied music under
R. Brind. Organist of S. Dunstan in the
West, Fleet Street, 1716 ; S. Andrew's, Holborn,
1717; S. Paul's Cathedral, 1718; Chapel
Royal, 1727. Professor of Music, Cambridge,
1730. Doc. Mus., Cantab., 1730. Master of
the King's Band, 1735. He died at London,
December 1, 1755.

[W] Works. — Oratorios: Jephthah, 1737; The
Force of Truth, 1744. Florimel, or Love's
Revenge, dramatic pastoral, 1737 ; The Judg-
ment of Hercules, masque, 1740. Phoebe,
opera, 1748. Spenser's Amoretti for voice,
harpsichord, and violin. Ode on S. Cecilia's
Day, Pope, 1730 ; Odes for King's Birthday
and New Year's Day, 1730; Catches and
Canons, 3 and 4 voices ; The Chaplet, collec-
tion of 12 English songs ; Church Service in
C, 1737 ; Te Deum in D, 1745 ; Forty select
Anthems in Score for , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
voices, London, 2 vols., 1743. Songs, organ
and harpsichord music, etc.

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