Short Name: | James Nares |
Full Name: | Nares, James, 1715-1783 |
Birth Year: | 1715 |
Death Year: | 1783 |
Born: April 19, 1715, Stanwell, Middlesex, England.
Died: February 10, 1783.
Buried: St. Margaret’s, Westminster, England.
After his family moved to Oxford, Nares became a chorister in the Chapel Royal. He later became deputy organist at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; organist in York Cathedral (1734); and organist in the Royal Chapel and composer to the king (1756). He received a doctorate of music degree from Cambridge University in 1756. In 1770, the Catch Club awarded him a prize for his glee To All Lovers of Harmony.
Sources:
Frost, p. 683
Nutter, p. 462
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/n/a/r/nares_j.htm
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Tunes by James Nares (8) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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WESTMINSTER NEW | James Nares, 1715-1783 (Composer) | 8 | 13332 34566 543 |
[Chant] (Aldrich 17123) | James Nares, 1715-83 (Composer) | 2 | 17123 62171 |
[Chant] (Hawes 31113) | J. Nares (Composer) | 2 | 31113 54432 31123 |
[Lord, have mercy upon us] (Nares) | Dr. J. Nares, 1715-1783 (Composer) | 2 | 56532 15554 32117 |
ICONIUM (Nares) | James Nares, 1715-1783 (Composer (attributed to)) | 3 | 54321 17136 57125 |
[Chant] (Nares 34271) | James Nares, 1715-1783 (Composer) | 16 | 34271 64321 |
AYNHOE | James Nares (Composer) | 28 | 11765 67172 7176 |
AMSTERDAM (Foundery Collection) | James Nares (Composer) | 125 | 15123 23456 54321 |