The British Musical Biography

[E] Busby, Thomas, composer and author,
was born at Westminster, in December, 1755.
Articled to Battishill, 1769-74. Successively
Organist of S.Mary's, Newington, Surrey, and
at S. Mary, Woolnoth, Lombard Street, 1798.
Mus. Doc. Cantab., 1800. LL.D., Cambridge.
He died at Islington, London, May 28, 1838.

[W] Works. — The Prophecy, oratorio, March,
1799; Ode^ British Genius, from Grey ; Ode
to St. Cecilia's Day, Pope ; Comala, a Dra-
matic Romance from Ossian, 1800 ; Thanks-
giving Ode (Degree exercise), 1800 ; INIusic to
Joanna, drama by R. Cumberland, 1800;
Music to M. G. Lewis's Rugantino, 1805 ;
The Divine Harmonist, a collection of An-
thems, etc., 1788; Melodia Britannica, do.,
1790 (unfinished). Sonatas for the pf. An-
them for the Funeral of Battishill. Miscel-
laneous anthems, glees, songs; Music to
Holcroft's Tale of Mystery, 1802 ; Music to
Porter's Fair Fugitives. Dictionary of Music,
with Introduction to the First Principles of
that Science, London, 8vo., 1786. A Gram-
mar of Music : to which are prefixed Obser-
vations explanatory of the Properties and
Powers of Music as a Science, and of the
general scope and object of the work, London,
1818. A General history of Music, from the
earliest times to the present ; comprising the
Lives of Eminent Composers and Musical
Writers, London, 2 vols., 1819 (Whittaker).
Concert Room and Orchestra, Anecdotes of
Music and Musicians, Ancient and Modern,
3 vols., London, 1825. Musical Manual, or
Technical Directory, with Descriptions of
various Voices and Instruments, London,
1828.

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