John Travers

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Life

Born: c. 1703

Died: June 1758

Biography

John Travers was a choirboy at St. George's Chapel, WindsorLink to the English Wikipedia article and a pupil of Maurice Greene and Johann Christoph Pepusch. He was organist at several parish churches in London, including St. Paul's, Covent GardenLink to the English Wikipedia article (1727) and FulhamLink to the English Wikipedia article. He was appointed organist to the Chapel Royal in 1737 and remained in that post until his death in 1758.

Sources: Wikipedia and Keith Johnson, All Music Guide

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List of choral works

 
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Publications

  • 18 Canzonets for Two and Three Voices, (London: John Simpson, 1746), written for various combinations of voice parts and continuo.
  • The Whole Book of Psalms for one to five voices

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