Classical 63, John Marsh: Symphonies. Part 2: The Chichester Symphonies and Finales (1788-1801)
(John Marsh (1752-1828) was perhaps the most prolific Engl...)
John Marsh (1752-1828) was perhaps the most prolific English composer of his time. His own catalog of compositions records over 350 works, of which he lists thirty-nine symphonies. Of these, only the nine that Marsh had printed are extant, together with three one-movement finales. Marsh was a lawyer by training and a gentleman of varied interests, and his thirty-seven volumes of journals, now published in an abridged edition by Pendragon Press, are among the most valuable sources of information on life and music in eighteenth-century England. The symphonies here published represent the varied styles that Marsh utilized in writing for the musicians in the cities where he worked. "Although not masterpieces of the highest class, Marsh's symphonies have such charm that their neglect seems inexcusable" (Richard Gorer, Grove, 5th edition).
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An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. with an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews
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An epitome of general ecclesiastical history, from the earliest period to the present time. With an appendix, giving a condensed history of the Jews from the destruction of Jerusalem to the present day. Illustrated with maps and engravings
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John Marsh was an American clergyman and temperance reformer.
Background
John Marsh was a descendant of George Marsh who settled in Hingham, Massachussets, in 1635. He was born on April 2, 1788 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where his father, Rev. John Marsh, was for many years pastor of the Congregational church. His mother was Ann, daughter of Capt. Ebenezer Grant of East Windsor, Connecticut John grew up familiar with the hard drinking of a New England town, where even clerical hospitality was made perfect only by the aid of alcoholic stimulants. In his own home, during the winter seasons, flip was the antidote for the paralyzing chill of the meeting house. "Well do I remember, " he says, "crying in meeting from the cold (there were then no stoves), and holding on to my chair after drinking the FLIP till my head became steady".
Education
When he was ten years old he went to the school of Rev. Azel Backus at Bethlehem, Connecticut. Two years later he entered Yale College, from which he graduated in 1804, no longer able to say truthfully that he had not been drunk at least once in his life. After teaching school and studying theology with his father, in June 1809 he was licensed to preach by the Hartford South Association of Ministers.
Career
Having supplied several churches in the meantime, on December 16, 1818, he was ordained to the ministry and installed as pastor of the Congregational church, Haddam, Connecticut The temperance movement, which was just then beginning to gain momentum in the United States, soon enlisted his vigorous support. His activities attracted increasing attention, and when the Connecticut Temperance Society was organized, May 1829, he was appointed secretary and general agent. On October 21 of that year he delivered an address before the Windham County Temperance Society on Putnam and the Wolf, or the Monster Destroyed, more than 150, 000 printed copies of which were sold. Securing three months' leave of absence from his parish in 1831, he accepted an invitation to promote the cause of temperance in Baltimore and Washington. In order to attract nation-wide attention to the movement he arranged for a congressional temperance meeting, which was held in the hall of the House of Representatives, and had the support of many prominent federal officials. His labors for the cause were now commanding so much of his time and interest that in the spring of 1833 he resigned his pastorate. In 1836 the executive committee of the reorganized American Temperance Union determined to establish a national press in Philadelphia, and Marsh was appointed editor, and corresponding secretary of the Union. A monthly publication, the Journal of the American Temperance Union, was begun, the first number of which appeared on January 15, 1837; and in October 1839, the office now having been removed to New York, the Youth's Temperance Advocate was started. Not until 1865, when the American Temperance Union was superseded by a new organization, did Marsh's tireless editorial and promotional activities come to a close. At this time he had already suffered two attacks of partial paralysis; nevertheless he was engaged in raising money for a building for the Yale Divinity School when in 1868 the last and fatal attack came. His death occurred at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y. , and he was buried in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
During his last years he prepared Temperance Recollections: Labors, Defeats, Triumphs. An Autobiography (1866). He also published many pamphlets relating to temperance, and An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period to the Present Time (1827), which went through numerous editions.