A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Walond, William

WALOND, William, Mus, Bac., was admitted to the privileges of the University of Oxford June 25, 1757, being described as 'organorum pulsator' (whence we may suppose him to have been organist or assistant organist of one of the churches or colleges at Oxford), and on July 5 following took his degree as of Christ Church. About 1759 he published his setting of Pope's Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, believed to be the only setting of that poem in its original form. [See Greene, Maurice.] William Walond, possibly a son of his, about 1775 became organist of Chichester Cathedral, which post he resigned in 1801. After his resignation he resided in Chichester in extreme poverty and seclusion (subsisting upon an annuity raised by the sale of some houses, and being rarely seen abroad) until his death, Feb. 9, 1836. Some fragments of church compositions by him remain in MS. in the choir-books of Chichester Cathedral. Richard, son of William Walond of Oxford, born 1754, matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, July 14, 1770. He was a clerk of Magdalen College, Oxford, from March 24, 1775 until 1776. On March 14, 1776, he took the degree of B. A. as of New College, and was subsequently a vicar choral of Hereford Cathedral. George, another son of W. Walond of Oxford, was a chorister of Magdalen Coll., Oxford, from April 13, 1768 until 1778.

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