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LETTERS\n\nEdited by his daughterEliza Wesley  \nSAMUEL WESLEY  \nML  \n410  \n.B13  \nW3  \n1957  \n# SAMUEL WESLEY'S FAMOUS BACH LETTERS\n\n\n| DATE DUE   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 士7   |  |\n| BEC-16-1985   |  |\n|  |  |\n| MAY4819   | 8   |\n| 0CT 241993   |  |\n| 00   |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n\n09'  \n中  \n57.h76  \nBENJAMIN JACOB  \nJacob,Benjamin,composer and organist,born at London,in 1778.He studied underhis father,R.Willoughby,Shrubsole,andArnold,1796.Chorister in Portland Chapel,1786.Organist of Salem Chapel,Soho Sq.,1788;Carlisle Chapel,Kennington Lane,1790;Bentinck Chapel,Lisson Green,1790-4;Surrey Chapel(Rowland Hill's),1794-1825;St.John's,1823.Treble singer,WestminsterAbbey,at Festival,1790-91.Member RoyalSociety of Musicians,1799.Conductor of aseries of oratorios,1800.Gave organ recitalsin conjunction with S.Wesley,and W.Crotch,t great audiences,1808-14.Conductor ofthe Lenten Oratorios at Covent Garden The-atre,1818.Associate,Philharmonic Society,1818.One of Court of Assistants,RoyalSociety of Musicians,1823.He died in Lon-don,Aug.24,1829.Buried in Bunhill Fields.In 1892,Mr.F.G.Edwards,organist ofSurrey Chapel,restored the tombstones ofJacob and Shrubsole,for which he obtainedsubscriptions.  \nWoRES.—National Psalmody,a collectionof Tunes for every Sunday throughout theyear,London [1819].Tunes for the use ofSurrey Chapel.Dr.Watts'divine and moralsongs,as solos,duets and trios.Glees,songs,and an arrangement of the\"Macheth\"music.  \nBRITI8H MU8ICAL BIOGRAPHY  \n| (  \u003Cbr>e  \u003Cbr>3Cyt.  \u003Cbr>3>左   |\n| --- |\n\nTHREE BARS OF WESLEY MUSICWith Comment by V.Novello  \nC1957 by Hinrichsen Edition Ltd.,London,N.I  \nFACSIMILE REPRINTS  \nVol.I Samuel Wesley's famous Bach Letters(1808-1816)  \nVol.IⅡ Samuel Sebastian Wesley's pamphlet:  \nA few Words on Cathedral Music and the MusicalSystem of theChurch with a Plan of Reform(1849)  \nMade and printed in England byEdwards &Brune,Ltd.,London,E.C.1  \nTABOR COLLEGE LIBRARYHillsboro,Kansas 67063  \n# LETTERS\n\nOF  \nSAM UEL WESLEY  \nTO  \nM R.J A COBS,  \nJOHN SEBASTIAN BACH.  \nEDITED BY HIS DAUGHTEB  \nELIZ A WESLEY.  \nHINRICHSEN EDITION LIMITED  \nBach House,10-12 Baches Street,London,N.1and at373 Fourth Avenue,New York,N.Y.  \n29  \nIn sending forth to the Musical Public the accompanyingLetters of my Father,I am impelled to publish them by asense of duty to his memory,in order to show that it waBto his discernment and zealous perseverance that Bach's trans-cendent genius was made known and appreciated(althoughtardily,and through much opposition)by the English MusicalWorld.I refer with pride to the result of his exertions inwhat he called“the cause of Truth and Justice.”  \nHaving Copies of the Letters by me,—now,when Bach'sMusic is so well known and appreciated,—I have thought it anappropriate time to gratify the long desired wish to publishthem,so that the award of“Honour to whom Honour isdue”may be inscribed to my Father's memory.  \nE.W.  \nMay 11th,1875.  \nLETTERS.  \nLETTER I.  \nSeptember 17th,1808.  \nDEAB SIB,—I am much obliged by your ingeniousand circumstantial Detail of your success with SaintSebastian,as you very properly term him,and amrejoiced to find that you are likely to regard hisWorks with me as a musical Bible unrivalled andinimitable.  \nI am grieved to witness in my valuable FriendDoctor Burney's Critique (for he is a man whom Iequally respect and love),so slight an acquaintancewith the great and matchless Genius whom heprofesses to analyze:and I have however muchsatisfaction in being able to assure you,from my ownpersonal experience,that his present judgment of ourDemi-God is of a very different Nature from that atthe Time he imprudently,incautiously,and we mayadd,ignorantly pronounced so rash and false averdict(although a false Verdict is a contradictionin Terms),as that which I this Day 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