Music in Eighteenth Century Birmingham - The Musicians of St Philip's
First home to the Birmingham Triennial music festivals, St Philip's (now Birmingham Cathedral) has a long tradition of as a place of...
Martin Perkins - Early Keyboards, Director, Scholar
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Martin Perkins
- Oct 19, 2014
- 15 min
Sir Samuel Hellier's 'Musical People'
The 18th century is littered with examples of remarkable people who contributed to the fabric of cultural life of England. Most of these...
Martin Perkins
- Jul 20, 2014
- 8 min
Jeremiah Clark, musician of Worcester and Birmingham
The late 18th century composer and performer Jeremiah Clark (1742/3-1809) has received very little attention from music historians. This...
Martin Perkins
- Feb 17, 2014
- 4 min
Sanderson Miller, Warwickshire Gentleman and Amateur Musician
Sanderson Miller was born in 1716 at Radway, a village on the Oxfordshire and Warwickshire border a few miles north of Banbury. His...