A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Williams, George

WILLIAMS, George Ebenezer, born 1784, was a chorister of St. Paul's Cathedral under Richard Bellamy. On quitting the choir (about 1799) he became deputy organist for Dr. Arnold at Westminster Abbey. In 1800 he was appointed organist of the Philanthropic Society's chapel, and in 1814 succeeded Robert Cooke as organist of Westminster Abbey. He composed, when a boy, some chants and Sanctuses, printed in 'Sixty Chants … composed by the Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral,' 1795, ancl was author of 'An Introduction to the Pianoforte,' and 'Exercises for the Pianoforte.' He died April 17, 1819, and was buried April 24, in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey.

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