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William Croft
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 28 August 1897
- Died
- May 1963
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Dark Encounters
- The study of Scottish history
- A Source Book of Scottish History, Volume Three
- A source book of Scottish history.Vol.2
- SCOTLAND FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1603 (NEW HISTORY OF SCOTLAND SERIES;VOL.1)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1678-12-30
- Active to
- 1727-08-14
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,640
- Total plays
- 26,084
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William Croft (baptized 30 December 1678 – 14 August 1727) was an English composer and organist. Croft was born at the Manor House, Nether Ettington, Warwickshire. He was educated at the Chapel Royal, under the instruction of John Blow, and remained there until 1698. Two years after this departure, he became organist of St. Anne's Church, Soho. In 1707, he took over the Chapel Royal's "Master of the Children" post, which had been left vacant by the suicide of Jeremiah Clarke (one of Croft's pu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Ettington
- Place of death
- Bath
- Occupation
- organist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Student of
- John Blow
- Genre
- classical music
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- WilliamCroftChoirboy.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1678-12-30
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- Marta Capurso
- Commons category
- William Croft (composer)
- date of death
- 1727-08-14
- name in native language
- William Croft
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
- date of baptism
- 1678-12-30
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to William Croft, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana