Robert Cooke glees and catches

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Robert Cooke glees and catches

1784-1811

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3 volumes of manuscript music in stab-sewn wrappers, labeled on covers by Joseph Warren. Former owners' names on front cover: Mr. Bishop, Cheltenham; Mr Warren, 20 Conduit St, Regent St. See internal file for more detail.

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Cooke, Robert, 1768-1814

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Robert Cooke (1768–August 1814) was an English organist and composer, and from 1802-1814 organist of Westminster Abbey. Cooke was born in Westminster, London, son of the organist and composer Benjamin Cooke; he succeeded his father as organist of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in 1793. He was appointed organist at Westminster Abbey on the death of Samuel Arnold in 1802 and was master of the choristers of the Abbey by 1805.On 22 or 23 August 1814 he drowned in the River Thames near Millban...