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- Born
- 1774
- Died
- 1858
- Works
- 21
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1774
- Active to
- 1858
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William Horsley (November 18, 1774–June 12, 1858), was an English musician. In 1790 he became the pupil of Theodore Smith, an indifferent musician of the time, who however, taught him sufficiently well to obtain in 1794 the position of organist at Ely Chapel, Holborn. This post he resigned in 1798, to become organist at the Asylum for Female Orphans, and assistant to John Wall Callcott, with whom he had long been on terms of personal and artistic intimacy, and whose eldest daughter, Elizabeth H
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- organist
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Richard James Lane01.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1774-11-18
- date of death
- 1858-06-12
- Commons category
- William Horsley
- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- student
- Charles Edward Horsley
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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