John Fawcett

Life

Born: 8 December 1789

Died: 26 October 1867

Biography
John Fawcett was a composer of church music in north-west England in the early nineteenth century: working in his early life in Kendal, he wrote nonconformist psalmody in a style related to that of James Leach. Fawcett later moved to Bolton. His works changed in style through his lifetime, reflecting a broader shift in church music during this period from the tenor-led psalmody of Leach and his contemporaries to the Victorian choral society movement.

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List of choral works

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• And am I only born to die   (   Sibelius 7 )
• Lo, he comes with clouds descending   (   Sibelius 7 )
• O love divine, how sweet thou art   (   Sibelius 6 )
• Rejoice, the Lord is king   (   Sibelius 7 )
• Thee will I love, my strength, my tower   (   Sibelius 7 )
• Why should the children of a king   (2 editions available)

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Publications

• A New Set of Sacred Music [c1811]
• A Second Sett of Psalm and Hymn Tunes [1813-14]
• A Third Sett of Psalm and Hymn Tunes [1818-19]
• A Seventh Set of Hymn Tunes [c1830]

External links

• John Fawcett of Bolton: the Changing Face of Psalmody by Sally Drage