Webbe Samuel Younger (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 'Webbe [17681843] followed in his father's footsteps as a Roman Catholic church musician, and by the time of his election to membership of the Royal Society of Musicians in 1791 he was already organist of the Bavarian Chapel. Like his father he was also a successful composer of glees and catches; his numerous published compositions also include piano and organ music, and church music for both the Roman Catholic and Anglican rites About 1798 Webbe moved to Liverpool, where he became organist of the Unitarian chapel, Paradise Street Little is known of Samuel Webbe's activities in Liverpool. In 1810 or 1811, for reasons perhaps connected with the advancing years and failing health of his father, he returned to London and resumed his musical career there' (Oxford DNB). Library Hub Discover locates a sole copy, at the National Library of Scotland. There is another at the British Library. Folio (338 × 251 mm), pp. [2], 27, [1]; a very nice, bright copy in recent wrappers.…