Lord Mornington

Aliases: Garret Wellesley; Garrett Wellesley; Garret Wesley; Garrett Wesley – Titles include First Viscount Wellesley of Dangan, Second Baron Mornington, and the First Earl of Mornington (created in 1760). Lord Mornington is the favoured appellation in the glee collections in which he appears, and also in B.U.C.E.M.

Life

Born: 9 July 1735

Died: 22 May 1781

Biography Lord Mornington was a remarkable child musician who grew into a man of genuine musical learning, who later became Professor of Music at Trinity College, Dublin. His lasting fame as a composer comes from his glees. Like his more famous son, the Duke of Wellington, he was a man of cool courage, for he is reputed to have been the first member of the British aristocracy who dared to walk through the London streets openly and unashamedly carrying a violin case (Oxford Companion to Music, 1938).

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List of choral works

As it fell upon a day Come shepherds, come away Come, fairest nymph Delightful scene, in which appear Epitaph on Sir Charles Sanders Gently bear me Hail hallowed fane

Here in cool grot The Housemaids The nightingale Oberon Orpheus with his lute Pale April, with her childish eye Says Sue to Pru

See the bowl sparkles Soft sleep, profoundly pleasing power Sweet object of the zephyr's kiss What is life and all its pride When Bacchus with Venus disputed the prize When for the world's repose

 
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