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James Nares
1715 - 1783 Person Name: James Nares, 1715-83 Composer of "[O come let us sing unto the Lord]" in The Book of Common Praise 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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James Nares
Henry Aldrich
1647 - 1710 Person Name: Aldrich Composer of "[God be merciful unto us]" in Augsburg Songs for Sunday Schools and other services Henry Aldrich, an English composer, born 1657; died 1710; his library is at Oxford College.
A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876
Henry Aldrich
