William Boyce
William Boyce
Genres: Classical, baroque, english, early music, symphony
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About William Boyce
William Boyce (September 11, 1711 – February 7, 1779) is widely regarded as one of the most important English-born composers of the 18th century. Born in London, Boyce was a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral before studying music with Maurice Greene after his voice broke. His first professional appointment came in 1734 when he got a job as an organist at the Oxford Chapel. He went on to take a number of similar posts before being appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1755 and becoming organist at the Chapel Royal in 1758. When Boyce's deafness became so bad that he was unable to continue in his organist posts, he retired and worked on completing the compilation Cathedral Music that his teacher Greene had left incomplete at his death. This led to Boyce editing works by the likes of William Byrd and Henry Purcell. Many of the pieces in the collection are still used in Anglican services today. Boyce is best known for his set of eight symphonies, his anthems and his odes. He also wrote the masque Peleus and Thetis and songs for John Dryden's Secular Masque, incidental music for William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet and The Winter's Tale, and a quantity of chamber music including a set of twelve trio sonatas. Boyce was largely forgotten after his death and he remains a little-performed composer today, although a number of his pieces were rediscovered in the 1930s and Constant Lambert edited and sometimes conducted his works.
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| William Boyce | Sinfonie Nr.1 B-Dur | ||
| William Boyce | Symphony #4 in F | ||
| William Boyce | Symphony No.4 in F major | ||
| William Boyce | Sinfonia n. 4 in fa maggiore | ||
| William Boyce | Symphony No.2 in A major | ||
| William Boyce | Symphony #4 , 3rd Mvt | ||
| William Boyce | Symphony #1 in Bb | ||
| William Boyce | Avamäng nr 7 G-duur | ||
| William Boyce | Avamäng nr 9 A-duur | ||
| William Boyce | Concerto grosso h-moll | ||
| William Boyce | Solomon. Serenata | ||
| William Boyce | Sinfonie Nr. 5 D-Dur | ||
| William Boyce | Trio Sonata No7 in D minor, | ||
| William Boyce | Sinfonie Nr.4 F-Dur | ||
| William Boyce | Symphony #3 in C | ||
| William Boyce | Symfonie nr.1, op.2 nr.1 in Bes gr.t. | ||
| William Boyce | Symphony No.1 in Bb major (1) | ||
| William Boyce | Sinfonie op.2/7 B-dur 3.Satz Jigg.Allegro assai | ||
| William Boyce | Symphony in B flat major: I. Allegro | ||
| William Boyce | Concerto grosso e-moll | ||
| William Boyce | Avamäng nr 10 F-duur | ||
| William Boyce | Avamäng nr 11 D-duur | ||
| William Boyce | Avamäng nr 8 D-duur | ||
| William Boyce | The King shall rejoice / Kuningas rõõmustab | ||
| William Boyce | Sinfonie Nr. 7 B-Dur | ||
| William Boyce | King's Ode for the New Year | ||
| William Boyce | Sinfonia n. 1 in si bemolle maggiore | ||
| William Boyce | Symphony in B flat major | ||
| William Boyce | Sinfonia n. 7 in si bemolle maggiore | ||
| William Boyce | Symphony in B Flat Op 2 #1 |