The British Musical Biography

[E] Taylor, Edward, writer and musician,
born at Norwich, January 22, 1784. Son of
John Taylor, a Unitarian preacher there. He
studied music under Charles Smyth and Dr.
Beckwith. Bass singer at the Norwich Con-
certs. Established, with others, the Norwich
Musical Festival, 1824. Settled in London,
1825, and became bass singer, teacher, and
musical critic of the Spectator, and a writer
in the Harinonicon. Professor of music,
Gresham College, in succession to Stevens,
1837. Conducted Norwich Festivals of 1839
and 1842. Founded the Purcell Club, and with
Rimbault and Chappell, the Musical Antiqua-
rian Society. Secretary' of the Vocal Society.
He died at Brentwood, March 12, 1863.

[W] Works. — Three inaugural lectures (Gres-
ham College), London, 1838 ; An address from
the Gresham Professor of Music to the patrons
and lovers of art,.. London, 1838; The Vocal
School of Italy in the sixteenth century, mad-
rigals, full antheaus, motets, and villanellas,
adapted to English words, London [1839] , A
collection of Psalm tunes in various metres . .
London, 1812 ; The People's Music Book
(with J. Turle), London, 1844; The English
Cathedral Service : its glory, its decline, and
its destined extinction, London, 1845 (re-
printed from the Britishand Foreign Rcvieiv) ;
The art of singing at sight (with Turle), Lon-
don, 1846, 2nd edition, 1855 ; Airs of the
Rhine, edited. Edited Purcell's " King Ar-
thur" for the Musical Antiquarian Society.
Translated librettos of Slozart's Requiem,
Haydn's Seasons, Graun's Death of Jesus,
Spohr's Last Judgment and Fall of Babylon.
Songs : Guarda che bianca luna ; I'll be a
fairy ; Rover's farewell, etc. He also edited
Major's collection of Sacred Music [1820] .

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