Robert Barber II

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Life

Born: ca. 1690

Died: ca. 1760

Biography

English Baroque composer, floruit 1720s - 1750s. Psalmodist of Castleton, Derbyshire. Nothing is known of him beyond the three editions of his psalmody (1727 - 1753) (Nicholas Temperley, "The Music of the English Parish Church"). Robert Barber I is an English Renaissance composer.

List of choral works

 
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Publications

  • "The Psalm Singer's Choice Companion", printed by W. Pearson for Josiah Rathbone, 1727.
  • "A Book of Psalmody", printed by W. Pearson, in London, for the author, and for John Eyres, in Warrington, and Josiah Rathbone, in Macclesfield, 1733 (second edition of the above).
  • "David's Harp Well Tuned", printed by R. Brown for retailers in Fleet Street, Nottingham, Mansfield and Derby, 1753 (third edition of the above).

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