A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Walkeley, Antony


ā€‹WALKELEY, Anthony, born 1672, was a chorister and afterwards a vicar choral of Wells Cathedral. In 1700 [App. p.814 "1698"] he was appointed organist of Salisbury Cathedral as successor to Daniel Roseingrave. His Morning Service in Eā™­ is preserved in the Tudway Collection (Harl. MS. 7342), and anthems by him are in MS. at Ely Cathedral and in the library of the Royal College of Music. He died Jan. 16, 1717ā€“18.

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