The British Musical Biography

[E] Bicknell, John Laurence, writer and
barrister-at-law, was born in 1740, and died
March 27, 1787. He wrote a poem called
" The dying negro," and is the reputed author
of " Musical travels through England, by
Joel Collier, Licentiate in Music." London,
1774 (various editions). In 1818 appeared
" Redivivus, an entirely new edition of that
celebrated author's Musical Travels." The
work is a satire on Burney, and is an amusing
production now getting very scarce. It has
also been ascribed to Peter Beckford, a writer
on musical and other subjects.

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