Ignatius Sancho
Ignatius Sancho (* 1729 ; † December 14, 1780 in London ) was an English composer and writer.
Sancho was born in 1729 on a slave ship off Guinea . After the death of his parents, he came to England at the age of two and grew up as a slave to a family in Greenwich . During his self-taught training he was supported by John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu . In 1749 he found a job as a butler in the Montagus' house. After the Duchesse Montagu's death, he received a small inheritance that enabled him to open a grocery store in Westminster in 1773, which ensured him an independent life.
As early as his time as the Montagus' butler, Sancho became known as a writer and composer. He was in contact with the politician Charles James Fox and corresponded with famous contemporaries such as Samuel Johnson , David Garrick , Catherine Hyde and Laurence Sterne . In 1768 he was portrayed by the painter Thomas Gainsborough . Between 1767 and 1779, Sancho published a collection of songs with piano accompaniment based on texts by William Shakespeare , Anakreon and Garrick, as well as three volumes of dances. A collection of his letters appeared posthumously in 1782.
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SURNAME | Sancho, Ignatius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1729 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Slave ship off Guinea |
DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1780 |
Place of death | London |