Thomas Roseingrave (b. Winchester 1688; d. Dún Laoghaire 23 June 1766) was an English musician and organist. Winchester is a historic city in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre. ... // Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ... Dún Laoghaire (Irish pronunciation ; anglicized pronunciation ) is a seaside town and a ferry port situated some 12 km south of Dublin city centre, and is the administrative centre of the county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... An organist is a musician who plays the organ, whether pipe or electronic. ...

Early years

He spent his early years in Dublin, studying music with his father, Daniel Roseingrave. In 1707 he entered Trinity College but failed to complete his degree. In 1709 he was sent to Italy with the financial assistance of St Paul’s Cathedral in order “to improve himself in the art of music”. In Venice he met Domenico Scarlatti and was greatly impressed by his harpsichord playing. He followed Scarlatti to Naples and Rome and, later in life, he published an edition of Scarlatti’s sonatas for harpsichord which led to a “Scarlatti cult” in England. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Daniel Roseingrave (died Dublin May 1727) was an English organist and composer. ... Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal April 25 - Allied army is defeated by Bourbonic army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession. ... The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... St Pauls Cathedral from the south St Pauls Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. ... View of Venice to San Giorgio Maggiore island from St Marks Campanile. ... Domenico Scarlatti (October 26, 1685 – July 23, 1757) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. ... Harpsichord in Flemish style; for more info, click the image. ... Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Nàpule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Sonata (From Latin and Italian sonare, to sound), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to cantata (Latin cantare, to sing), a piece sung. ...

Roseingrave composed several works in Italy including an anthem and a cantata. He probably returned to England in 1714. In 1720 he produced Scarlatti’s opera Amor d’un ombra e Gelosea d’un aura under the title Narciso at the Haymarket Theatre, to which he added two arias and two duets of his own. He was appointed organist of St George’s, Hanover Square, in 1725. He became known as an accomplished improviser, especially of fugues. He had a great admiration for the music of Palestrina and was highly skilled at contrapuntal writing. According to Charles Burney he could play the most difficult music by sight. An anthem is a choral composition to an English religious text sung in church services. ... Cantata (Italian for a song or story set to music), a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognizable opera houses and landmarks Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content or primary entertainment is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the... See also: Haymarket Theatre (Leicester) Haymarket Theatre, ca. ... This article is about the musical term aria. ... Duet may refer to: Duet, musical form Duet, Fox sitcom This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... Musical improvisation is singing or playing a musical instrument extemporaneously—in an offhand manner. ... In music, a fugue is a type of piece written for counterpoint for several independent musical voices. ... Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) was and is a very ancient city of Latium (modern Lazio) 23 miles (37 km) east of Rome, and was reached by the Via Praenestina (see below). ... Counterpoint is a musical technique involving the simultaneous sounding of separate musical lines. ... Charles Burney by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1781 Charles Burney (April 12, 1726 – April 12, 1814) was an English music historian and father of author Fanny Burney. ...

Later years

In the 1730s he was at the height of his powers. However, his brilliant career came to an end when he was not allowed to marry a young lady with whom he had become infatuated. Her father would not have her marrying a musician. The disappointment affected his brain, his behaviour became irrational at times, and he neglected his duties. Eventually he retired to Dublin. He died in 1766 and was buried in the family grave in the churchyard of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. Events and Trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Sextant invented (probably around 1730) independently by John Hadley in Great Britain and Thomas Godfrey in the American colonies World leaders Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774) George... St. ...

Evaluation

Roseingrave’s best compositions are his keyboard works which show surprisingly little influence of continental composers. His harpsichord works occasionally reflect the influence of Scarlatti, but the organ works are closer to the English style of Purcell and Blow. They are at times highly chromatic, reflecting the dissonant approach of English music such as Purcell’s viol fantasies. They show irregular phrasing and form, suggesting that they may have arisen from freely extemporised performances for which he had been so famous. He also wrote solos for flute, and Italian cantatas. His contemporaries often criticised him for his “harsh, ungrateful harmony, and extravagant and licentious modulations”. Most English composers in the 18th century had adopted the Italianate style in the Handelian manner, and the ears of English music lovers were becoming accustomed to the easier harmony and form of the galant style. Thus Roseingrave’s music would have appeared to many to be too intellectual and old-fashioned. Henry Purcell Henry Purcell (IPA: [1][2]; September 10, 1659–November 21, 1695), a Baroque composer, is generally considered to be one of Englands greatest composers — indeed, he has often been called Englands finest native composer. ... John Blow (1649 - October 1, 1708) was an English composer and organist. ... Various sizes of viol, from Michael Praetorius Syntagma musicum (1618) The viol or viola da gamba is a family of musical instruments and is related to and descending from the vihuela and rebec. ... The fantasia (also English fantasy, fancy, German fantasie, French fantaisie) is a musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation. ... The Flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... Cantata (Italian for a song or story set to music), a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. ... Harmony is the use and study of pitch simultaneity and chords, actual or implied, in music. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... HANDEL was the code-name for the UKs National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. ... In music, Galant was a term referring to a style, principally occurring in the third quarter of the 18th century, which featured a return to classical simplicity after the complexity of the late Baroque era. ...

References

The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, ed Stanley Sadie; 1980; ISBN 1-56159-174-2

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