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'' | James William Windsor was born in London, but established himself as a musician in [[wikipedia:Bath, Somerset|Bath]], where he was organist of St. Margaret's Chapel. He subscribed to A. F. C. Kollmann's ''Essay on Practical Musical Composition'' (1799), and as well as being a prominent pianist in Bath, was an early proponent in England of the music of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]. He contributed several metrical psalm tunes to ''A Collection of Sacred Music'' (1830), a book compiled by J. M. Coombs Jr. of [[wikipedia:Chippenham|Chippenham]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:44, 24 February 2012
Life
Born: 1776
Died: 1853
Biography
James William Windsor was born in London, but established himself as a musician in Bath, where he was organist of St. Margaret's Chapel. He subscribed to A. F. C. Kollmann's Essay on Practical Musical Composition (1799), and as well as being a prominent pianist in Bath, was an early proponent in England of the music of Bach. He contributed several metrical psalm tunes to A Collection of Sacred Music (1830), a book compiled by J. M. Coombs Jr. of Chippenham.
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