Richard Hobbs (organist)

Richard Hobbs B.M. (ca. 1726 - 23 June 1810) was an English organist.[1]

He was born around 1726, the son of Thomas Hobbs (1710-1810) and Mary Matthews . Until 1753 he was organist of St Martin’s Church, Leicester when he was appointed to St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, in the place of Barnabas Gunn[2] a position he held until 1771. He introduced Oratorio performances in Birmingham[3] with the first taking place in the New Theatre on 10 October 1759 with a performance of William Boyce’s Solomon.

He died in Birmingham on 23 June 1810.

Appointments

References

  1. ^ "Deaths". Bristol Mirror. England. 7 July 1810. Retrieved 1 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Birmingham Organists". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 13 April 1939. Retrieved 1 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Money, John (1977). Experience and Identity:Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1800. Manchester University Press. p. 83. ISBN 9780719006722.
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