George Barcroft

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George Barcroft (before 1574 –c.1610) was an English composer of church music.

Church music music mainly written for performance in Christian service facilities

Church music is music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words expressing propositions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn.

Barcroft matriculated as a sizar of Trinity College, Cambridge on 12 December 1574, and proceeded to the degree of BA in 1577–78. He was appointed a minor canon and organist at Ely Cathedral in 1579. He was ordained priest at Peterborough on 30 August 1590. He was appointed vicar of Dullingham, Cambridgeshire in 1589. It is supposed that he died about 1610. [1] Two anthems composed by him are extant, and to him has been ascribed a service in G. It appears, however, that this service was composed in 1532; probably by Thomas Barcroft, who is said to have been organist of Ely about 1535. [2]

At Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Cambridge, a sizar is an undergraduate who receives some form of assistance such as meals, lower fees or lodging during his or her period of study, in some cases in return for doing a defined job.

Trinity College, Cambridge constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England

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References

  1. ↑ "Barcroft, George (BRCT574G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ Wikisource-logo.svg  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Barcroft, George". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.


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