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Short Name: Thomas Adams
Full Name: Adams, Thomas, 1785-1858
Birth Year: 1785
Death Year: 1858

Thomas Adams, born in London, Sept 5, 1785, died ther Sept. 15, 1858. Organist, pupil of Dr. Busby. From 1802 until 1858 he was successively organist of Carlisle Chapel, Lambeth, St. Paul's Deptford, St. George's, Camberwell, and of St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, Fleet Street. His anthem for five voices, O how Amiable are Thy Dwellings was performed on the opening of St. George's, Camberwell, in 1824. Adams superintended for many years the annual performances on the Appollonicon, a chamber-organ of great power, containing both keys and barrels, first exhibited in 1817. Works: Organ pieces; Fugues; Voluntaries; 90 interludes; Hymns; Sacred songs; Anthems.

Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians by John Denison Camplin, Jr. and William Foster Apthorp (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888)


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