Carnaby was born in London in 1772, and was educated in the Chapel Royal as a chorister under James Nares and Edmund Ayrton. He was subsequently organist at Eye, Suffolk and at Huntingdon. In 1805 he took the degree of Mus. Doc. at Cambridge, where he entered at Trinity Hall. In July 1808 he proceeded Mus. Doc., on which occasion his exercise, described as "a grand musical piece," was performed at Great St Mary's on Sunday 7 July.[1]
Previous to this he had left Huntingdon and settled in London, where he lived at various times at Winchester Row and Red Lion Square. In 1823 he was appointed organist of the newly opened Hanover Chapel, Regent Street, at a salary of £50 per annum, a post he occupied until his death on 7 November 1839.[1]
Compositionsedit
Carnaby wrote many songs: these include six songs dedicated to Lady Templetown; two books of songs dedicated to William Knyvett; six canzonets for two voices to words by William Shenstone; and a collection of vocal music dedicated to Viscountess Mahon. He also composed piano pieces.[1]William Henry Husk wrote that his compositions "have been characterised as scientific, but deficient in taste."[2]
william, carnaby, composer, william, carnaby, 1772, november, 1839, english, organist, composer, contents, life, compositions, references, external, linkslife, editcarnaby, born, london, 1772, educated, chapel, royal, chorister, under, james, nares, edmund, ay. William Carnaby 1772 7 November 1839 was an English organist and composer Contents 1 Life 2 Compositions 3 References 4 External linksLife editCarnaby was born in London in 1772 and was educated in the Chapel Royal as a chorister under James Nares and Edmund Ayrton He was subsequently organist at Eye Suffolk and at Huntingdon In 1805 he took the degree of Mus Doc at Cambridge where he entered at Trinity Hall In July 1808 he proceeded Mus Doc on which occasion his exercise described as a grand musical piece was performed at Great St Mary s on Sunday 7 July 1 Previous to this he had left Huntingdon and settled in London where he lived at various times at Winchester Row and Red Lion Square In 1823 he was appointed organist of the newly opened Hanover Chapel Regent Street at a salary of 50 per annum a post he occupied until his death on 7 November 1839 1 Compositions editCarnaby wrote many songs these include six songs dedicated to Lady Templetown two books of songs dedicated to William Knyvett six canzonets for two voices to words by William Shenstone and a collection of vocal music dedicated to Viscountess Mahon He also composed piano pieces 1 William Henry Husk wrote that his compositions have been characterised as scientific but deficient in taste 2 References edit a b c Squire William Barclay 1887 Carnaby William In Stephen Leslie ed Dictionary of National Biography Vol 9 London Smith Elder amp Co pp 132 133 Husk William H 1900 Carnaby William In Grove George ed A Dictionary of Music and Musicians London Macmillan and Company Attribution nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Squire William Barclay 1887 Carnaby William In Stephen Leslie ed Dictionary of National Biography Vol 9 London Smith Elder amp Co pp 132 133 External links editFree scores by William Carnaby at the International Music Score Library Project IMSLP Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Carnaby composer amp oldid 1083518616, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
