| 词条 | Richard Hobbs (organist) |
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He was born around 1726, the son of Thomas Hobbs (1710-1810) and Mary Matthews. Until 1753 he was organist of St Martin’s Church, Leicester when he was appointed to St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, in the place of Barnabas Gunn[2] a position he held until 1771. He introduced Oratorio performances in Birmingham[3] with the first taking place in the New Theatre on 10 October 1759 with a performance of William Boyce’s Solomon. He died in Birmingham on 23 June 1810. Appointments
|years=????-1753}}{{s-aft|after=William Boulton?}}{{s-bef|before=Barnabas Gunn}}{{s-ttl|title=Organist of St Martin in the Bull Ring |years=1753-1771}}{{s-aft|after=Joseph Harris}}{{end}} References1. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Deaths |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001043/18100707/026/0004 |newspaper=Bristol Mirror |location=England |date=7 July 1810 |access-date=1 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hobbs, Richard}}2. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Birmingham Organists |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19390413/334/0011 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England |date=13 April 1939 |access-date=1 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }} 3. ^{{cite book |last=Money |first=John |date=1977 |title=Experience and Identity:Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1800 |url= |location= |publisher=Manchester University Press |page=83 |isbn=9780719006722 |author-link= }} 6 : 1727 births|1810 deaths|English classical organists|Male organists|People from Birmingham, West Midlands|People from Leicester |
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