- Batten, Adrian
[E] Batten, Adrian, composer and organist,
was born in latter portion of 16th century
[1585—90]. He studied under Holmes, of
Winchester Cathedral. Became vicar-choral
of Westminster Abbev, 1614, and vicar-choral
of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1624. Organist, St.
Paul's Cathedral, 1624. He died about the
middle of the 17th century [1637] .[W] Works. — Anthems— 'Rea.v my prayer ;
praise the Lord; Deliver lis, Lord (in
Boyce's Cathedral music) ; Te Deum, Bene-
dictus. Jubilate, Kyrie, etc., in D (Novello) ;
Thirty-four anthems (words only — Clifford) ;
Twenty-four anthems in Barnard's Cathedral
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