The British Musical Biography

[E] Clayton, Thomas, English composer, born
in 1670. He was a member of the Royal Band
of William and Mary, 1692-1702. After re-
siding in Italy he returned to England and
introduced Italian opera. He died in 1730.
He composed music for Addison's Rosamund ;
Arsinoe ; Dryden's Alexander's Feast ; The
Passion of Sappho, etc., but none of it appears
to possess much merit.

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