The British Musical Biography

[E] Jacob, Benjamin, composer and organist,
born at London, in 1778. He studied under
his father, R. Willoughby, Shrubsole, and
Arnold, 1796. Chorister in Portland Chapel,
1786. Organist of Salem Chapel, Soho Sq.,
1788; Carlisle Chapel, Kennington Lane,
1790 ; Bentinck Chapel, Lisson Green, 1790-4 ;
Surrey Chapel (Rowland Hill's), 1794-1825;
.St. John's, 1823. Treble singer, Westminster
Abbey, at Festival, 1790-91. Member Royal
Society of Musicians, 1799. Conductor of a
series of oratorios, 1800. Gave organ recitals.
in conjunction with S. Wesley, and W. Crotch,
to great audiences, 1808-14. Conductor of
the Lenten Oratorios at Covent Garden The-
atre, 1818. Associate, Philharmonic Society,
1818. One of Court of Assistants, Royal
Society of Musicians, 1823. He died in Lon-
don, Aug. 24, 1829. Buried in Biuihill Fields.
In 1892, Mr. F. Ci. Edwards, organist of
Surrey Chapel, restored the tombstones of
Jacob and Shrubsole, for which he obtained
subscriptions.

[W] Works. — National Psalmody, a collection
of Tunes for every Sunday throughout the
year, London [1819] . Tunes for the use of
Surrey Chapel. Dr. Watts' divine and moral
songs, as solos, duets and trios. Glees, songs,,
and an arrangement of the "Macbeth " music.

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