Short Name: | John Baptiste Calkin |
Full Name: | Calkin, John Baptiste, 1827-1905 |
Birth Year: | 1827 |
Death Year: | 1905 |
John Baptiste Calkin United Kingdom 1827-1905. Born in London, he was reared in a musical atmosphere. Studying music under his father, and with three brothers, he became a composer, organist, and music teacher. At 19, he was appointed organist, precenter, and choirmaster at St. Columbia's College, Dublin, Ireland, 1846 to 1853. From 1853 to 1863 we was organist and choirmaster at Woburn Chapel, London. From 1863 to 1868, he was organist of Camden Road Chapel. From 1870 to 1884 he was organist at St. Thomas's Church, Camden Town. In 1883 he became professor at Guildhall School of Music and concentrated on teaching and composing. He was also a professor of music and on the council of Trinity College, London, and a member of the Philharmonic Society (1862). In 1893 he was a fellow of the College of Organists. John and wife, Victoire, had four sons, each following a musical carer. He wrote much music for organ and scored string arrangements, sonatas, duos, etc. He died at Hornsey Rise Gardens.
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Tunes by John Baptiste Calkin (26)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[A voice from east to west] | J. Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 2 | 56511 76515 43366 |
ABERDEEN (Calkin) | J. B. Calkin (Composer) | 2 | 55511 71671 5622 |
ARIMATHEA (Calkin) | J. B. Calkin (Composer) | 6 | 55563 44523 45665 |
ST. DAVID (Calkin) | J. B. Calkin (Composer) | 23 | 51765 64536 23216 |
BARNBY'S HYMNARY, TUNE 521 | John B. Calkin (1827- ) (Composer) | 2 | 35515 66217 65444 |
BONAR (Calkin) | J. Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 82 | 55117 67655 51117 |
BRADFIELD | J. B. Calkin (Composer) | 35 | 51355 12345 16657 |
WALTHAM (Calkin) | John Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 500 | 13233 43445 17665 |
DEDICATION (Calkin) | J. B. Calkin (Composer) | 22 | 32117 74322 11166 |
[I'll sing of the stream, of that beautiful stream] (Calkin) | John Baptiste Calkin (1827- ) (Composer) | 9 | 33435 67176 54345 |
[Let music break on this blest morn] | J. B. Calkin (Composer) | 4 | 35136 17657 12345 |
LUX BENIGNA (Calkin) | John Baptiste Calkin (1827-) (Composer) | 11 | 55563 44523 11233 |
MAGDALEN (Calkin) | John Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 5 | 33343 54321 1253 |
MOSCOW (Calkin) | John Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 16 | 53456 16565 43323 |
MUNUS | J. Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 33 | 34511 71671 5622 |
NOX PRAECESSIT | John Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 107 | 33312 33421 35431 |
RAMOTH (Calkin) | J. Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 33 | 55117 65335 1121 |
SAVOY CHAPEL | John Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 88 | 55332 21114 43222 |
SEFTON (Calkin) | J. Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 15 | 33215 54317 65445 |
ST. AUGUSTINE (Calkin) | J. B. Calkin (Composer) | 4 | 54211 23466 55551 |
ST. JOHN (CALKIN) | John Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 21 | 33212 33543 45 |
ST. JOSEPH (Calkin) | J. B. Calkin (Composer) | 5 | 34354 32123 45176 |
FATHERHOOD (Calkin) | John Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 14 | 33333 33332 24435 |
THEOCISTUS | John Baptiste Calkin, 1827- (Composer) | 4 | 12315 55556 321 |
[Welcome, happy morning] (Calkin) | John Baptiste Calkin (Composer) | 46 | 55611 55432 16144 |
WINCHCOMBE (Calkin) | John Baptiste Calkin (1827-) (Composer) | 9 | 51113 33315 56671 |