A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Eager, John

EAGER, JOHN, born 1782 at Norwich, where his father was a musical instrument maker and organ builder. Having learned from his father the rudiments of music, he was at twelve years old taken under the care of the Duke of Dorset, an amateur violinist, who carried him to his seat at Knole, where free access to the library enabled him to repair the defects of his early education. His patron dying he established himself at Yarmouth as a violinist and teacher of music. On the appearance of Logier's system of instruction Eager became one of its warmest advocates. He was appointed organist to the corporation of Yarmouth. He passed the remainder of his life in teaching. He is said to have possessed a knowledge of, and to have taught, nearly every instrument then in use. His compositions consist of a pianoforte sonata and a collection of songs.

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