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Ayrton, Edmund
organ, composer, musician
| baptised: 19 Nov 1734 |
Ripon, Yorkshire / county, England |
Source: 1 |
| died: 22 May 1808 |
Westminster, London, England |
Source: 1 |
| active in church: 1755-1764 |
Southwell, Nottinghamshire / county, England |
Source: 1 |
Shaw, Harold Watkins
The succession of organists of the Chapel Royal and the cathedrals of England and Wales from c1538
Also of the organists of the collegiate churches of Westminster and Windsor, certain academic choral foundations, and the cathedrals of Armagh and Dublin
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991
Number of People : 902
Matthews, Betty
The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain : list of members 1738-1984
London: Royal Society of Musicians, 1985
Number of People : 2,163
Annotated index of organists and unsuccessful candidates with biographical notes drawn form original sources
Part three In:
Dawe, Donovan
Organists of the City of London
A record of one thousand organists with an annotated index
By Donovan Daw
London: Donovan Dawe, 1983
Number of People : 950
Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
Number of People : 20,506
Hayden, Andrew
British hymn writers and composers
A check-list
Croydon, England: Hymn Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 1977
Number of People : 2,118
Smith, W.J.
Five centuries of Cambridge musicians 1464-1964
By W.J. Smith
Cambridge: W. Heffer, 1964, 75 p.
Eitner, Robert
Biographisch-bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten
Christlicher Zeitrechnung bis Mitte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts
Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlaganstalt, 1959
Number of People : 26,838
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Fourth edition revised and enlarged
New York: G. Schirmer, 1940
Number of People : 6,835
Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti
Milan: Sonzogno, 1937, 2V p.
Number of People : 11,317
Bekker, Leander Jan de
Black's dictionary of music & musicians ... from earliest times to 1924 ...
Number of People : 1,435
West, John Ebenezer
Cathedral organists past and present.
A record of the succession of organists of the cathdrals, chapels royal, and principal collegiate churches of the United Kingdom, from about the period of the Reformation until the present day.
With biographical notes, extracts from the chapter books, anecdotes, &c.
London: Novello, 1921, 141 p.
Number of People : 634
Remy, Alfred
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Third edition
Revised and enlarged by Alfred Remy, M.A.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1919, 1094 p.
Number of People : 7,067
Grove, George / Sir
A dictionary of music and musicians
Baker, Theodore
Biographical dictionary of musicians
Compiled and edited by Theodore Baker, Ph.D.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1900, 653 p.
Number of People : 5,682
Stratton, Stephen Samuel
Brown, James D.
British musical biography.
A dictionary of musical artists, authors and composers born in Britain and its colonies.
By James D. Brown and Stephen S. Stratton
Birmingham: S.S. Stratton, 1897, 462 p.
Number of People : 4,164
Champlin, J.D.
Cyclopedia of music and musicians ...
New York: 1888-90, 3 vols.
Number of People : 596
Baptie, David
A handbook of musical biography ...
2nd ed.
Number of People : 1,274
Brown, James Duff
Biographical dictionary of musicians.
With a bibliography of English writings on music
Paisley, Scotland: A. Gardner, 1886, 637 p.
Number of People : 4,300
Baptie, David
A handbook of musical biography
London: W. Morley, 1883, 256 p.
Number of People : 3,177
Grove, George / Sir
Dictionary of music and musicians ...
London: 1879-99, 4 vols. Note
Note: Of various editions
Number of People : 999
Fetis, Francois-Joseph
Biographie universelle des musiciens : et bibliographie generale de la musique.
Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1875-83
Number of People : 5,657
Cassell's biographical dictionary ...
Knight, C.
Biography ...
(Series: The English Cyclopaedia; Division III)
Rose, H.J.
A new general biographical dictionary ...
Long, G.
The biographical dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ...
London: 1842-44, 4 vols. Note
Note: No more published
Gorton, J.
A general biographical dictionary ...
New ed.
A'Beckett, W. / Sir
A universal biography : ... scriptural, classical & mythological memoirs ... with accounts of ... living characters ...
A dictionary of musicians ...
2nd ed.
Number of People : 810
Sainsbury, John S.
A dictionary of musicians. From the earliest ages to the present time. Comprising the most important biographical contents of the works of Gerber, Choron, and Fayolle Count Orloff, Dr. Burney, Sir John Hawkins, &c, &c, together with upwards of a hundred original memoirs of the most eminent living musicians
Edited by John S. Sainsbury
Printed for Sainsbury and Co., 1825, 2V p.
Number of People : 724
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