The British Musical Biography

[E] Brookbank, Rev. Joseph, clergpiian and
schoolmaster, born at Halifax in 1612. He
was educated at Oxford and ordained a minis-
ter. For some time he was a preacher in
Wycombe, Bucks., but in 1651 he settled in
London as a schoolmaster and minister. He
died after 1668.

[W] Works. — The Well-tun'd organ, or anexer-
citation wherein this question is discuss'd
whether or no instrumental and organic Mu-
sick be lawful in holy publick assemblies, Lon-
don, 1060 ; The Organ's Echo, London, 1041;
The Organ's Funeral, London, 1042 ; The Holy
Harmony, or a plea for the abolishing of Or-
gans and other Musick in Churches, London,
1043 ; Gospel Musick, by N. H. , London, 1044 ;
The Compleat Schoolmaster, 1600.

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