The Pleasures and Vexations of an Amateur Musician who Loved a Grand Crash
Nicholas Spice: John Marsh, 18 May 2000
The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828)
edited by Brian Robins.
Pendragon, 797 pp., $76, December 1998,0 945193 94 7 Show More
edited by Brian Robins.
Pendragon, 797 pp., $76, December 1998,
“... musicians from London, even the most glamorous stars, played alongside local professionals and the best of the local amateurs. Marsh met and played with many of the leading musicians of his day, and even occasionally heard his own music performed by them. In the first half of his life, he was a tireless composer, writing anthems, glees, works for organ, string ... ”