The British Musical Biography

[E] Thorley, Thomas, English composer and
vocalist, who flourished at the end of the 18th
and beginning of the present centuries. He
composed a large amount of vocal and instru-
mental music, among which may be mentioned
an extraordinary piece of discriptive music
called "The Siege of Algiers, a characteristic
divertimento for the pf."..1820, containing
passages respecting rockets and bombs burst-
ing; ships on fire. Briton's triumph, christian
slavery abolished for ever ! etc. His other
works include, "Ten voluntaries for the organ
or harpsichord [1775] ; Epitaph hymn on the
death of the Princess Charlotte of Wales
[1817] ; Sacred cabinet, or divine repository,
containingoriginal hymns, etc., London [1818].

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