William Jackson of Exeter

Life

Born: 29 May 1730

Died: 5 July 1803

Biography Jackson usually referred to himself as "of Exeter", not as disambiguation, but because he was proud of his origins. This was analogous to the contemporaneous artist brothers William, George and John Smith invariably labelling themselves as "of Chichester". Jackson's assumed epithet became useful after his death to distinguish him from another composer of the same name, usually referred to as William Jackson "of Masham" (1815-1866).

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List of choral works

Sacred works

Hear me, O God Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in E flat Te Deum Laudamus

Vital spark of heavenly flame

Secular works

Blest as th'immortal gods is he Come, push round with spirit Could he, whom my dissembled rigour grieves The day that saw thy beauty rise Do not unbind two gentle hearts From the plains, from the woodlands Go rose, my Chloe's bosom grace Go, feeble tyrant Ianthe

If any so wise is In a vale closed with woodland In vain you tell your parting lover Night, to lovers' joys a friend Now I know what it is Now Philomel renews her tender strain O Venus, hear my ardent pray'r On a day The pilgrim that journeys all day

Thou fairest proof of beauty's power Thou to whose eyes I bend To fairest Delia's grassy tomb Where the bee sucks While liquid odours round him breathe Whilst from our looks Ye woods and ye mountains unknown

 
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Publications

• Twelve songs, Op.1, c.1755
• Elegies, Op.3, c.1760
• Twelve Songs, Op.4, c.1765
• An Anthem...and An Ode, Op.5, 1766
• Twelve Hymns, Op.6, 1768
• Twelve Songs, Op.7, c.1770
• An ode to Fancy (Warton), Op.8, c.1770
• Twelve Canzonets, Op.9, c.1770
• Six Quartets, Op.11, c.1775
• A Second Set of Twelve Canzonets, Op.13, c.1782
• Twelve Pastorals, Op.15, 1786
• Twelve Songs, Op.16, c.1790
• Six Epigrams, Op.17, c.1795
• Six Madrigals, Op.18, c.1798