Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, from Six Concertos in Seven Parts John Alcock
Vivacee spiritoso, Grave, Dolce, Allegro e spiccato
John Alcock grew up as a chorister at St. Paul's
Cathedral where he was a schoolfellow of William Boyce. He rose from being the
organist of various parish churches to obtaining a Doctor of Music degree from
Oxford in 1766—he also served as vicar choral and organist of Litchfield
Cathedral. Evidently of a fiery temperament, Alcock came a cropper of some
criticism from his choir that accused him of "splenetic tricks upon the
organ to expose or confound the performers!" He began a massive project
aimed at correcting errors in collections of cathedral music, which he later
passed on to William Boyce, also a Doctor of Music, in this case, though, from
Cambridge. David Schrader
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Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, from Six Concertos in Seven Parts John Alcock
Vivacee spiritoso, Grave, Dolce, Allegro e spiccatoJohn Alcock grew up as a chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral where he was a schoolfellow of William Boyce. He rose from being the organist of various parish churches to obtaining a Doctor of Music degree from Oxford in 1766—he also served as vicar choral and organist of Litchfield Cathedral. Evidently of a fiery temperament, Alcock came a cropper of some criticism from his choir that accused him of "splenetic tricks upon the organ to expose or confound the performers!" He began a massive project aimed at correcting errors in collections of cathedral music, which he later passed on to William Boyce, also a Doctor of Music, in this case, though, from Cambridge. David Schrader
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