Maurice Greene (composer)

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Maurice Greene

Maurice Greene (born August 12, 1696 in London , † December 1, 1755 ibid) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque era .

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Maurice Greene was born to a cleric and was a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral under Jeremiah Clarke and Charles King (1687–1748) . After his voice broke, he studied organ with Richard Brind and after Brind's death in 1718 he became organist at St. Paul's. From his late youth until after taking up the post at St. Paul's, he was friends with Handel , whom he gave access to the cathedral organ and whom he introduced to Brind, with whom he later fell out violently.

In 1727 Greene became organist at the Chapel Royal after the death of William Croft , and in 1730 he became Professor of Music at Cambridge University . In 1735 he was appointed " Master of the King's Musick ", a prestigious post at the British royal court, which was held by John Eccles and Edward Elgar .

At the time of his death, Greene was working on the Cathedral Music collection , which William Boyce was to complete, his student and successor as Master of the King's Musick . Many pieces from this compilation are still in use in Anglican worship today.

Greene wrote a great deal of vocal music , both sacred and secular, including the oratorio The Song of Deborah and Barak (1732), settings of sonnets from Edmund Spenser's Amoretti (1739), and a collection of anthems (1743), whose best-known lord, let me know mine end is.

Works

Vocal music

Instrumental music

  • Choice Lessons for Harpsichord (London, 1733)
  • 6 Overtures ... in Seven Parts , arranged for harpsichord (London, 1745)
  • A Collection of Lessons , for harpsichord (London, 1750)
  • Twelve Voluntarys , for harpsichord or organ (London, 1779)

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personal data
SURNAME Greene, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1696
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1755
Place of death London