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'''Thomas Morell''' (1703 – 1784) was a [[librettist]], classical scholar,<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101019201 www.oxforddnb.com]</ref> and printer.<ref name="www.jstor.org">[http://www.jstor.org/pss/3840463 www.jstor.org]</ref> |
'''Thomas Morell''' (18 March 1703 – 19 February 1784) was a [[librettist]], classical scholar,<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101019201 www.oxforddnb.com]</ref> and printer.<ref name="www.jstor.org">[http://www.jstor.org/pss/3840463 www.jstor.org]</ref> |
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He was born in Eton, Buckinghamshire and educated at [[Eton College]] and King's College, Cambridge.(BA, 1726, MA, 1730 and DD, 1743). |
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He was a Fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London]] and in 1768 was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] as a "''Rector of Buckland in Hertfordshire, Author of the Greek Thesaurus lately published, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Gentleman well skilled in Natural History and every branch of Polite Literature''". <ref> {{cite web | url = http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=RefNo==%27EC%2F1768%2F11%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl| title= Library and Archive Catalogue|publisher= Royal Society|accessdate = 2012-03-05}} </ref> |
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He was appointed Garrison Chaplain at Portsmouth barracks in 1775. |
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Morell is important for having written the longest and most detailed surviving account of collaboration with Handel.<ref>''The Manuscripts of J. Eliot Hodgkin, F.S.A., of Richmond, Surrey'', Historical Manuscripts Commission 15th Report, Appendix, pt ii (London, 1897), 91-93</ref> |
Morell is important for having written the longest and most detailed surviving account of collaboration with Handel.<ref>''The Manuscripts of J. Eliot Hodgkin, F.S.A., of Richmond, Surrey'', Historical Manuscripts Commission 15th Report, Appendix, pt ii (London, 1897), 91-93</ref> |
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He died in 1784 and was buried in Chiswick, London. |
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Revision as of 17:32, 5 March 2012
Thomas Morell (18 March 1703 – 19 February 1784) was a librettist, classical scholar,[1] and printer.[2]
He was born in Eton, Buckinghamshire and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.(BA, 1726, MA, 1730 and DD, 1743).
He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and in 1768 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society as a "Rector of Buckland in Hertfordshire, Author of the Greek Thesaurus lately published, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Gentleman well skilled in Natural History and every branch of Polite Literature". [3]
He was appointed Garrison Chaplain at Portsmouth barracks in 1775.
Morell is important for having written the longest and most detailed surviving account of collaboration with Handel.[4]
He died in 1784 and was buried in Chiswick, London.
Librettos
He is best known as the librettist of the following of George Frideric Handel's oratorios:
- Judas Maccabaeus (1747).[2]
- Joshua (1747).
- Alexander Balus (1748).[2]
- Theodora (1750).[2]
- The Choice of Hercules (1750). Uncertain if Morell was the librettist.
- Jephtha (1752).[2]
- The Triumph of Time and Truth (1757). Morell was probably the librettist.
References
- ^ www.oxforddnb.com
- ^ a b c d e www.jstor.org
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ^ The Manuscripts of J. Eliot Hodgkin, F.S.A., of Richmond, Surrey, Historical Manuscripts Commission 15th Report, Appendix, pt ii (London, 1897), 91-93
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