William Jackson of Masham

William Jackson (born 9 January 1815 in Masham, Yorkshire, England; died 15 April 1866 in Bradford, England) was an English organist and composer,[1] who also spent some time being a miller, his family's profession, in their home-town.[2]

A self-taught musician, as a child and young adult he learned to play 15 different instruments and set about repairing barrel organs.[3] With the assistance of his father, he built his own organ and became organist at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Masham, in 1832.[1] He won first prize in the Huddersfield Glee Club in 1840.[1] In 1852, he established a music business and became organist of St. John's Church at Bradford.[1] Later, he took the organ at Horton Chapel, was conductor of Bradford Choral Union, and chorusmaster of Bradford Festivals.[1] His works include two oratorios (Deliverance of Israel from Babylon and Isaiah); two cantatas (The Year and The Praise of Music); the 103d Psalm for solo, choir and orchestra; sacred music, glees; part-songs; and songs.[1]

Jackson died suddenly in April 1866 and was buried in Undercliffe Cemetery in Bradford. His son, also named William, became an organist and composer too.[4]

References
  1. Baker, Theodore; Remy, Alfred (1919). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. G. Schirmer. p. 431. OCLC 19940414. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. Humphreys, Maggie; Evans, Robert (1997). Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. London: Mansell. p. 183. ISBN 0-7201-2330-5.
  3. Brown, Clive (23 September 2004). "Jackson, William (1815–1866)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14559. Retrieved 3 October 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. Priestley, Mike (5 August 2006). "Delivering music to a royal audience". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

Free scores by William Jackson of Masham at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)


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