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Leach was a hand-loom weaver who taught himself music in his spare time and eventually became a full-time choral director, before meeting an untimely end in a stagecoach accident at the age of thirty-six, in 1798.<sup>[http://www.wgma.org.uk/Articles/Fawcett.htm ]</sup> Two volumes of his music, consisting principally of hymn tunes, were published during his lifetime. A third book, {{NoCo|A Collection of Hymn Tunes and Anthems}}, was published posthumously: a substantial volume containing mainly anthems and set-pieces (through-composed settings of metrical texts), its title page notes that it was 'published for the benefit of his widow and children'.
Leach was a hand-loom weaver who taught himself music in his spare time and eventually became a full-time choral director, before meeting an untimely end in a stagecoach accident at the age of thirty-six, in 1798.<sup>[http://www.wgma.org.uk/Articles/Fawcett.htm ]</sup> Two volumes of his music, consisting principally of hymn tunes, were published during his lifetime. A third book, {{NoCo|A Collection of Hymn Tunes and Anthems}}, was published posthumously: a substantial volume containing mainly anthems and {{CiteCat|Set pieces}} (through-composed settings of metrical texts), its title page notes that it was 'published for the benefit of his widow and children'.
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Revision as of 14:29, 9 February 2022

Life

Born: 1761

Died: 8 February 1798

Biography

Leach was a hand-loom weaver who taught himself music in his spare time and eventually became a full-time choral director, before meeting an untimely end in a stagecoach accident at the age of thirty-six, in 1798.[1] Two volumes of his music, consisting principally of hymn tunes, were published during his lifetime. A third book, A Collection of Hymn Tunes and Anthems, was published posthumously: a substantial volume containing mainly anthems and Set pieces (through-composed settings of metrical texts), its title page notes that it was 'published for the benefit of his widow and children'.

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