James Oswald

Life

Born: 1710

Died: 1769

Biography

Scottish composer, arranger and music publisher. Appointed Chamber Composer to George III. Sometimes credited (on the evidence of a surviving longcase clock with musical train) with being the composer of the English National Anthem. Published many individual songs, both Scottish traditional, and of his own composition.

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List of choral works

• Balance a straw
• It is not that I love you less
• Let the nymph still avoid
• See, my lovely Celia comes
• Should love sincere
• The fragrant lily of the vale

 

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External links

• Works by James Oswald in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

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