Talk:James Kent (composer)

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In reply to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music#James Kent:

I don't have the time at the moment to do a proper write-up, but here are the sources I found:

"Kent, James (1700–1776), organist and composer, was born at Winchester on 13 March 1700, the son of a glazier...".

R. F. Sharp: "Kent, James", revised K. D. Reynolds, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15417. (subscription required)

Kent, James
"(b Winchester, 13 March 1700; d Winchester, 6 May 1776). English organist, composer and music copyist."

Watkins Shaw and Donald Burrows: "Kent, James", Grove Music Online (subscription required)

Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:12, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]