About John Eccles
John Eccles (1668 – 12 January 1735) was an English composer. Born in London, eldest son of professional musician Solomon Eccles, John Eccles was appointed to the King's Private Musick in 1694, and in 1700 became Master of the King's Musick. Also in 1700 he finished second in a competition to write music for William Congreve's masque The Judgement of Paris (John Weldon won). Eccles was very active as a composer for the theatre, and from the 1690s wrote a large amount of incidental music including music for William Congreve's Love for Love
Top Tracks
The Mad Lover Suite: Ground. Aire V
Eccles: The Mad Lover: V. Aire. Ground (Arr. Diluka for Piano)
The Mad Lover Suite: Ground. Aire III
I Burn, I Burn
Restless in Thoughts
Ground
Ode for St. Cecilia: See the forsaken fair with streaming eyes
Ground in F Minor
Semele: Overture
Semele, Act I Scene 1: Hymen Haste, Thy Torch Prepare
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