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William Walond

1719 – 1768

English composer and organist

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Lived 1719 – 1768 (aged 49). William Walond was a composer and organist.

William Walond (born Oxford, baptised 16 July 1719 – died Oxford, buried 21 August 1768) was an English composer and organist.

Career After four years as Assistant Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Walond graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1757. His setting of Alexander Pope's Ode on St Cecilia's Day had served as his exercise. He also published two sets of voluntaries for the organ or harpsichord (op. 1, c. 1752 and op. 2, 1758) and the anthem Not unto us, O Lord.

Of his fourteen children, his eldest son William Walond Jr. (c. 1750-1836) became the last 'Organist' of Chichester Cathedral, before the post was merged with 'Master of the Choristers' in 1801.

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English composer and organist (1719-1768)

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William Walond was born on 16 July 1719 in Oxford.

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William Walond died on 21 August 1768 in Oxford.

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William Walond was a composer and organist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: William Walond

· Wikidata: Q19972053

· DBpedia: William Walond Sr.

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