Thomas Attwood Walmisley
Thomas Attwood Walmisley (21 January 1814 – 17 January 1856) was an English composer and organist.
Life and career
He was born in London, the son of Thomas Forbes Gerrard Walmisley (1783–1866), a well-known organist and composer of church music and glees. Thomas Attwood was his godfather, and the boy was educated in music under their tuition.[1]
Walmisley was organist of Croydon Parish Church in 1830 before becoming organist at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1833, and there he soon became prominent by his anthems and other compositions.[1] He was simultaneously organist for the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. He not only took the degrees of Mus.Bac. and Mus.Doc. but also graduated at Jesus College as BA and MA.[2]
In 1836, Walmisley was made Professor of Music at Cambridge. His Cathedral Music was edited after his death by his father.[1]
Walmisley died in 1856 and is buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Fairlight, East Sussex.
Compositions
Walmisley is remembered chiefly for his Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D minor, which have a place in the Anglican choral repertoire. He also composed numerous Anglican chants still in general use.
Notes
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Walmisley, Thomas Attwood". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 288. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ "Walmisley, Thomas Attwood (WLMY833TA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
References
- Legge, Robin Humphrey (1899). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
- Horton, Peter. "Walmisley, Thomas Attwood (1814–1856)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28588. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links
- Free scores by Thomas Attwood Walmisley in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Thomas Attwood Walmisley at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from April 2022
- Articles incorporating Cite DNB template
- Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB
- Pages using cite ODNB with id parameter
- Composers with IMSLP links
- Articles with International Music Score Library Project links
- Articles with FAST identifiers
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with ICCU identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with LNB identifiers
- Articles with NKC identifiers
- Articles with NTA identifiers
- Articles with PLWABN identifiers
- Articles with CINII identifiers
- Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
- Articles with RISM identifiers
- Articles with SNAC-ID identifiers
- 1814 births
- 1856 deaths
- English composers
- English classical organists
- Musicians from London
- Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Members of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Music
- 19th-century British composers
- 19th-century English musicians
- 19th-century British male musicians
- Professors of Music (Cambridge)
- English male classical organists
- 19th-century organists
- 19th-century British musicologists
- All stub articles
- British composer stubs