Samuel Webbe Jr.
15 Oct. 1768—25 November 1843
SAMUEL WEBBE, JR., was born in London [15 Oct. 1768]. He studied principally under his father and became a good pianist and organist. Like his father he early devoted himself to the practice of vocal composition, and in 1794 obtained from the Catch Club prizes for a catch, “Ah, Friendship,” and a canon, “Resonate Jovem,” and in 1795 for a canon, “Come follow me.” About 1798 he settled in Liverpool and became organist of the Unitarian Chapel, Paradise Street. About 1817 he returned to London and joined Logier in teaching on the latter’s system, and became organist of the Spanish ambassador’s chapel. Some years afterwards he again settled in Liverpool, where he became successively organist of St. Nicholas Church and St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Chapel, Toxteth Park. He composed many glees possessing great merit (among which “Come away, death,” is conspicuous), songs, motets, etc. He edited the collection of glees, etc. titled “Convito Armonico.” He died Nov. 25, 1843.
by WILLIAM HENRY HUSK
A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 4 (1889)
ed. Sir George Grove
Featured Tunes:
Collections of Church Music:
A Collection of Motetts or Antiphons (1792): Google Books
A Collection of Original Psalm Tunes (1806): WorldCat
A Furst Set of Twelve Psalm Tunes, Partly Original and Partly Selected from Favorite Airs of Handel, Corelli &c (ca. 1798–1805)
A Collection of Tunes Chiefly from the Works of Handel, Corelli, Purcel, Haydn &c (1806): WorldCat
A Collection of Psalm Tunes Intermixed with Airs, Adapted as Such from Haydn, Purcell, Handel, Corelli, &c (1808): Archive.org
A Collection of Psalm Tunes Intermixed with Airs, Adapted from Haydn, Purcell, Handel, Corelli, &c, 3rd ed. (1816): WorldCat
Webbe’s Collection of Psalm Tunes . . . Compressed . . . for the Organ or Piano Forte (1816): Archive.org
Novello’s Collection of Sacred Music Performed at the Royal Portuguese Chapel (London, 1822)
Manuscripts:
British Library Archives & Manuscripts: https://www.bl.uk/
Editions:
Webbe’s Psalmody (London: Novello, 1853): WorldCat
Related Resources:
“Samuel Webbe jun.,” A Dictionary of Musicians, vol. 2 (London: Sainsbury & Co., 1824), p. 525: HathiTrust
Musical World (14 Dec. 1843), p. 416.
Richard Watson & Kenneth Trickett, eds., “Samuel Webbe jun.,” Companion to Hymns & Psalms (Peterborough: Methodist Publishing, 1988), p. 560.
Philip Olleson, “Samuel Webbe, the younger,” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (23 Sept. 2004): https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/28934
Hymn Tune Index, ed. Nicholas Temperley: https://hymntune.library.uiuc.edu/