John Alcock (organist)

John Alcock

John Alcock (11 April 1715, London – 23 February 1806) was an English organist and composer. He wrote instrumental music, glees and much church music.

Career

He was a pupil of John Stanley at St. Paul's Cathedral, and he earned a doctorate in music at the University of Oxford in 1766.^[1] Much detail of his life is included in his semi-autobiographical novel, The Life Of Miss Fanny Brown published under the pseudonym John Piper in 1771. He also held a position as private organist to the Earl of Donegall.

He was:

• Organist of St Andrew's Church, Plymouth 1737–1741
• Organist of St Laurence's Church, Reading 1741–1750
• Organist of Lichfield Cathedral 1750–1761
• Organist of Sutton Coldfield Parish Church 1761–1786
• Organist of St. Editha's Church, Tamworth 1766–1790^[2]

References

1. Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Alcock, John". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.
2. Cathedral Organists, John E. West, London, Novello and Company, 1899.

External links

• Free scores by John Alcock in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Free scores by John Alcock at the International Music Score Library Project