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Leach was a hand-loom weaver who taught himself music in his spare time and eventually became a full-time choral director, before meeting an untimely end in a stagecoach accident at the age of thirty-six, in 1798.<sup>[http://www.wgma.org.uk/Articles/Fawcett.htm ]</sup> Two volumes of his music, consisting principally of hymn tunes, were published during his lifetime. A third book, {{NoCo|A Collection of Hymn Tunes and Anthems}}, was published posthumously: a substantial volume containing mainly anthems and set-pieces (through-composed settings of metrical texts), its title page notes that it was 'published for the benefit of his widow and children'. | Leach was a hand-loom weaver who taught himself music in his spare time and eventually became a full-time choral director, before meeting an untimely end in a stagecoach accident at the age of thirty-six, in 1798.<sup>[http://www.wgma.org.uk/Articles/Fawcett.htm ]</sup> Two volumes of his music, consisting principally of hymn tunes, were published during his lifetime. A third book, {{NoCo|A Collection of Hymn Tunes and Anthems}}, was published posthumously: a substantial volume containing mainly anthems and set-pieces (through-composed settings of metrical texts), its title page notes that it was 'published for the benefit of his widow and children'. | ||
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Revision as of 20:20, 15 April 2014
Life
Born: 1761
Died: 8 February 1798
Biography
Leach was a hand-loom weaver who taught himself music in his spare time and eventually became a full-time choral director, before meeting an untimely end in a stagecoach accident at the age of thirty-six, in 1798.[1] Two volumes of his music, consisting principally of hymn tunes, were published during his lifetime. A third book, A Collection of Hymn Tunes and Anthems, was published posthumously: a substantial volume containing mainly anthems and set-pieces (through-composed settings of metrical texts), its title page notes that it was 'published for the benefit of his widow and children'.
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List of choral works
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- Knaresborough (
) - O could I speak the matchless worth ( )
- O love divine, how sweet thou art ( Sibelius 7 )
- Peru ( )
- Shepherds, rejoice, and send your fears away ( Sibelius 7 )
- With glorious clouds encompassed round ( Sibelius 7 )
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Publications
- A New Sett of Hymns and Psalm Tunes, (1789)
- A Second Sett of Hymns and Psalm Tunes, [1789-1798]
- A Collection of Hymn Tunes and Anthems, [1798]
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