John Wall Callcott
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"John Callcott" redirects here. For the English artist (1817–1903), see John Callcott Horsley.
John Wall Callcott (20 November 1766 – 15 May 1821) was an eminent English musical composer.
Callcott was born in Kensington, London. He was a pupil of Haydn, and is celebrated mainly for his glee compositions and his catches.
In the best known of his catches he ridiculed Sir John Hawkins' History of Music.
His glees were usually set to lyrics by leading poets of his day, including Thomas Gray, Sir Walter Scott, Thomas Chatterton, Robert Southey and Ossian. They include:
- a setting of Goethe's Erl König translated into English by Matthew Lewis, author of the Gothic novel, The Monk,
- the original setting (as a three part glee) of Drink to me only with thine eyes
Callcott also composed religious music includings psalms and sacred canons.
His brother, Augustus Wall Callcott, was a noted landscape painter.
[edit] External links
- The mokery composition on Hawkins
- Free scores by John Wall Callcott in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
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