The British Musical Biography

[E] Bishop, John, composer and organist,
born in 1665. Studied under Daniel Rosein-
grave. In 1687 he was lay-vicar at King's
College, Cambridge, and in 1688 became
teacher of choristers. Organist of Wiiichester
College in succession to Jeremiah Clark in
1695 ; lay -vicar of Winchester Cathedral, and
in 1729 succeeded Vaughan Richardson as
organist. He died at Winchester, December
19, 1737. _He^ published "A Sett of new
Psalm Tu'ues^Jih four jiarts," cantus, mediiis,
tenor "and b'assus, J. Walsh [1700]; "Supple-
ment to the new Psalm-book, consisting of 6
new anthems and 6 new Psalm tunes," Lon-
don, 1725 ; and some of his compositioias in

[+] MS. are in the British Museum.

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