Jackson, William
Jackson, William
Jackson, William, English organist and composer; b. Masham, Yorkshire, Jan. 9, 1815; d. Bradford, April 15, 1866. He left school when he was 13 to work in a mill and bakery. He was a self-taught musician, becoming an organist in Masham in 1832. In 1852 he founded a music business and became organist of St. John’s Church at Bradford, and later he was conductor of the Festival Choral Soc. (from 1856). He wrote the oratorio The Deliverance of Israel from Babylon (Leeds, 1847).
Bibliography
J. Smith, The Life of W. J., the Miller Musician (Leeds, 1926).
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