William Duncombe (composer)

William Duncombe (ca. 1736-1738 – 30 November 1818, or 1819)^[1] was an English composer. He was organist in Kensington.^[2]

He is mainly known by a few small piano pieces (especially a Sonatina in C Major and the Fanfare or Fanfare Minuet) that are still reprinted in pedagogical collections.^[3] They are probably excerpts of the Progressive lessons for the harpsichord and piano forte, published in 1778 (or 1785).

Duncombe is frequently confused with the writer William Duncombe (1690 – 1769).

Works

• First Book of Progressive Lessons for the Harpsichord and Piano Forte — London : J. Bland, n.d. [1778]
• Second Book of Twelve Progressive Lessons for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte — London : J. Bland, n.d. [1778]
• The Favorite Air, of God save the King, with variations for two performers on one piano forte, or harpsichord — London, [1792]
• What tho' the sun withdraws his ray — London, n.d. [1760?]^[4]

References

1. Sources : LoC, MusicSack
2. There is a record of a concert he gave there in 1793.
3. For example: Fanfare: , , ; Sonatina: , ; both: .
4. See WorldCat.