William Horsley

Life

Born: 18 November 1774

Died: 12 June 1858

Biography

Father of Charles Edward Horsley.

Trained John Hullah.

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List of choral works at CPDL

• Come gentle zephyr Secular SATB, ATTB
• Come, follow me Secular SATB
• Come, my friends Secular SATB
• From thee all skill and science flow Sacred SATB
• Here my Chloe, charming maid Secular SATB
• I know you false Secular ATTTB
• Nymphs of the forest Secular ATTB,SATB
• O cruel Amarillis Secular AATTB
• Oh, the sweet contentment Secular ATTTB, SATB
• On a bank beside a willow Secular SSATB
• See the chariot at hand Secular SATB
• Slow fresh fount Secular SATB,ATTB
• There is a green hill far away Sacred SATB
• Wake now, my love Secular SSATB
• When the fair moon Secular SATBB
• When the wind blows in the sweet rose-tree Secular SATB

 

Choral works not at CPDL

Bloom gentle flower – Ballad for four voices Blow light thou balmy air – Glee for four voices By Celia's Arbour Forget me not – Glee for four voices Great shepherd of thy people Her eyes the glow worm lend thee – Glee for four voices

Now the storm begins to lower – Ode for five voices O, nightingale The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall – Glee The traveller – Glee for three voices Two Canons – i. O Lord; ii. Hear my prayer When the wind blows in the sweet rose tree – Glee for four voices

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Publications

• Asylum Hymns (1820)
• Three Collections of Glees, Canons, and Madrigals, for three, four, five, and six Voices
• Six Glees for two Trebles and a Bass
• A Collection of Forty Canons, of various Species
• An explanation of the major & minor scales with a series of exercises for the piano forte (1816)

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