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William Jones (1726-1800)


Dee Surtees

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Does anyone know anything about this composer? We're singing St Stephen on Sunday, which is apparently written by him, but I don't know anything else about him. The Wikipedia entry (if it is the same William Jones) doesn't say much about his musical activities.

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He was Vicar of Nayland on the Suffolk border. The organ there was acquired in his time from Canterbury Cathedral when Samuel Greene installed a new instrument there and still has a lot of old pipe-work. William Jones was a noted theologian and writer.

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It may interest you to know that I publish William Jones of Nayland's Ten Church Pieces (Op.2) for Organ Manuals. Further details can be found at my website www.impulse-music.co.uk/fitzjohnmusic

Thank you for drawing this to my attention. I shall have a look at that. I did look in your OUP 18th century organ music collections but no William Jones in there.

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