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Edward Finch (composer)

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in the parliament of 1689–90. He was ordained deacon at York in 1700, became rector of Wigan, was appointed prebendary of York 26 April 1704, and resided in the north end of the treasurer's house in the Close, taking an active interest in musical matters, as appears from the family correspondence.
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Finch was installed prebendary of Canterbury 8 Feb. 1710. He died 14 February 1738, aged 75, at York, where a monument erected by him in the minster to his wife and brother (Henry, dean of York) bore a bust and inscription to his memory.
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Finch's "Te Deum" and anthem "Grant, we beseech Thee", both written in five parts, were included in
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Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of England for the University of Cambridge
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John Michael Rysbrack
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Christ's College, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Thomas Tudway
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
sinecures
"Finch, Edward (FNC677E)"


Stephen, Leslie
"Finch, Edward (1664-1738)" 
Dictionary of National Biography
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Stephen, Leslie
Finch, Edward (1664-1738)
Dictionary of National Biography
Categories
1664 births
1738 deaths
17th-century classical composers
18th-century classical composers
18th-century British male musicians
English Baroque composers
English classical composers
Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge
18th-century English Anglican priests
Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of England for the University of Cambridge
Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge

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