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William Carnaby

1772 – 1839

English organist and composer

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Lived 1772 – 1839 (aged 67). William Carnaby was a British organist and composer.

William Carnaby (1772 – 7 November 1839) was an English organist and composer.

Life 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.

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.

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English organist and composer

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William Carnaby was born on 17 January 1772.

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William Carnaby died on 17 January 1839.

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William Carnaby was an organist and composer.

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· Wikipedia: William Carnaby

· Wikidata: Q18531083

· DBpedia: William Carnaby (composer)

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