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'''Aliases:''' Garret (concise Grove) Garrett (concise DNB). Wellesley or Wesley (concise DNB), First Viscount Wellesley of Dangan, second Baron Mornington (created first Earl of Mornington 1760). Lord Mornington is the favoured appellation in the glee collections in which he appears, and also in B.U.C.E.M.
'''Aliases:''' Garret (concise Grove) Garrett (concise DNB). Wellesley or Wesley (concise DNB), First Viscount Wellesley of Dangan, second Baron Mornington (created first Earl of Mornington 1760). Lord Mornington is the favoured appellation in the glee collections in which he appears, and also in B.U.C.E.M.
 


==Life==
==Life==
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'''Biography'''
'''Biography'''
<br>The first Earl of Mornington was a remarkable child musician who grew into a man of genuine musical learning and 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.<br>(Source: 'Oxford Companion to Music', 1938)
<br>The first Earl of Mornington was a remarkable child musician who grew into a man of genuine musical learning and 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.<br>(Source: 'Oxford Companion to Music', 1938)
{{WikipediaLink|Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington}}
{{WikipediaLink|Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington}}


==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
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*''[[Delightful scene, in which appear (Lord Mornington)|Delightful scene, in which appear]]'' &nbsp; ( [http://www.notamos.co.uk/145479.shtml {{net}}] )
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*[[Epitaph on Sir Charles Sanders (Lord Mornington)|''Epitaph on Sir Charles Sanders'']] &nbsp; ( [http://www.notamos.co.uk/114283.shtml {{net}}] )
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*''[[The Housemaids (Lord Mornington)|Housemaids, The]]'' &nbsp; ( [http://www.notamos.co.uk/145477.shtml {{net}}] )
==Publications==
*''[[The Nightingale (Lord Mornington)|Nightingale, The]]'' &nbsp; ( [http://www.notamos.co.uk/145480.shtml {{net}}] )
*[[Orpheus with his lute (Lord Mornington)|''Orpheus with his lute'']] &nbsp; ( [http://www.notamos.co.uk/145231.shtml {{net}}] )
*''[[Says Sue to Pru (Lord Mornington)|Says Sue to Pru]]'' &nbsp; ( [http://www.notamos.co.uk/145404.shtml {{net}}] )
*''[[See the bowl sparkles (Lord Mornington)|See the bowl sparkles]]'' &nbsp; ( [http://www.notamos.co.uk/145403.shtml {{net}}] )
*[[When for the world's repose (Lord Mornington)|''When for the world's repose'']] &nbsp; ( [http://www.notamos.co.uk/145230.shtml {{net}}] )
*''[[What is life and all its pride (Lord Mornington)|What is life and all its pride]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&nbsp;[http://www.notamos.co.uk/145489.shtml {{net}}]&nbsp;)
 
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==Publications==  


==External links==
==External links==


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Revision as of 02:26, 8 April 2021

Aliases: Garret (concise Grove) Garrett (concise DNB). Wellesley or Wesley (concise DNB), First Viscount Wellesley of Dangan, second Baron Mornington (created first Earl of Mornington 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
The first Earl of Mornington was a remarkable child musician who grew into a man of genuine musical learning and 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.
(Source: 'Oxford Companion to Music', 1938)

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