Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1696
- Died
- 1755
- Works
- 22
Top works
- A cantata and four English songs set to musick
- Voluntaries and suites
- Six overtures for the harpsicord or spinnet
- Spenser's Amoretti
- [Spenser's Amoretti]
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1696-08-12
- Active to
- 1755-12-01
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Discography
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- Listeners
- 1,661
- Total plays
- 6,919
Tags
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Maurice Greene (August 12, 1696 - December 1, 1755) was an English composer and organist. Maurice GreeneBorn in London, the son of a clergyman, Greene became a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral under Jeremiah Clarke and Charles King. He studied the organ under Richard Brind, and after Brind died, Greene became organist at St Paul's. With the death of William Croft in 1727, Greene became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1730 he became professor of music at Cambridge University. <a href="http
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maurice
- Family name
- Greene
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- composer
- Position held
- Master of the King's Music
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Music
- Genre
- opera
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Maurice Greene by Francis Hayman.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1696-08-12
- date of death
- 1755-12-01
- P8168
- Edmond Nocard
- student
- William Boyce
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