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William Boyce
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William Boyce (September 11, 1711 – February 7, 1779) is widely regarded as one of the most important English-born composers of the 18th century. Born in London, Boyce was a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral before studying music with Maurice Greene after his voice broke. His first professional appointment came in 1734 when he got a job as an organist at the Oxford Chapel. He went on to take a number of similar posts before being appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1755 and becoming organist at the Chapel Royal in 1758. When Boyce's deafness became so bad that he was unable to continue in his organist posts, he retired and worked on completing the compilation Cathedral Music that his teacher Greene had left incomplete at his death. This led to Boyce editing works by the likes of William Byrd and Henry Purcell. Many of the pieces in the collection are still used in Anglican services today. Boyce is best known for his set of eight symphonies, his anthems and his odes. He also wrote the masque Peleus and Thetis and songs for John Dryden's Secular Masque, incidental music for William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet and The Winter's Tale, and a quantity of chamber music including a set of twelve trio sonatas. Boyce was largely forgotten after his death and he remains a little-performed composer today, although a number of his pieces were rediscovered in the 1930s and Constant Lambert edited and sometimes conducted his works. User-contributed text i
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II. Moderato
6,0902Symphony No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, "Birthday Ode": III. Presto Allegro
5,1673Symphony No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, "Birthday Ode": II. Vivace
4,8844II. Larghetto
4,8545Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, "The Chaplet": II. Vivace
4,7836Symphony No.5 in D Major: 1. Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro assai
4,5477Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 2, "New Year Ode": I. Allegro
3,8598III. Gavot Allegro
3,7889Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 2, "New Year Ode": III. Allegro
3,41710Trio Sonata No. 1 in A Minor: II. Fuga: Allegro
3,396albums
BOYCE: Symphonies Nos. 1-8, Op. 2
Boyce: 8 Symphonies, Op.2
Boyce: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-12
Boyce: 8 Symphonies
Boyce: Symphonies Nos 1/2/3/6/7/8
Boyce: Trio Sonatas
Band Music (Changing of the Guard - Great Military Band Music)
William Boyce: 8 Symphonies
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Organ Music - Praetorius, H. / Hofhaimer, P. / Hassler, H.L. / Gabrieli, A. / Bull, J. / Scheidt, S. / Kotter, H. / Scheidemann, H. / Buxtehude, D.
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Boyce: Symphonies Nos. 1-8
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Eight Symphonies Op. 2
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The Jane Austen Companion