- Bayly, Rev. Anselm
[E] Bayly, Rev. Anselm, writer and divine,
born 1719. He matriculated at Exeter Col-
lege, Oxford, 1740. Lay-vicar at Westminster
Abbey, 1741. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal,
1741. Priest do., 1744. B.C.L., 1749. D.C.L.,
Oxford, 1764. Sub-dean of Chapel Royal,
1764. He died in 1792.[W] Works. — Practical Treatise on Singing and
Playing with just expression and real elegance,
London, 1771 ; The Alliance of Musick, Poetry,
and Oratory, 1789; The Sacred Singer, con-
taining an Essay on Grammar, the requisites
of singing cathedral compositions, etc., Lon-
don, 1771. Collection of Anthems used in His
Majesty's Chapel Royal, and most cathedral
churches in England and Ireland, 1769. Ser-
mons, etc. ,entry id: 36-L-7