John Malchair was the son of Elizabetta Roggieri and Joannes Malchair, a watchmaker.
13 Facts About John Malchair
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John Malchair became a chorister at Cologne Cathedral in 1744, which began his career in music.
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In 1760, perhaps assisted by Price's brother-in-law, Shute Barrington, John Malchair was appointed as the leader of the Oxford Music Room.
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John Malchair lived at the present 12 Broad Street in St Michael's parish.
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John Malchair resigned from the Music Room in 1792 following an incident in which his violin was broken by an orange thrown during a concert.
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John Malchair continued collecting and composing music, which was notated by his friend William Crotch, the organist at Christ Church.
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John Malchair died in Oxford in 1812 and was buried inside St Michael's Church in Cornmarket.
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Alongside his work at the Music Room, John Malchair took an interest in traditional 'National' music.
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John Malchair recorded the melodies that he heard in Oxford: including the music of military bands, the popular airs whistled by the townspeople, and the melodies of the singers and musicians in the streets of the city.
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John Malchair produced at least three volumes of collected music, one of which is in the collection of The English Folk Dance and Song Society.
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John Malchair's work provided the foundation for William Crotch's 1808 work Specimens of Various Styles of Music.
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John Malchair was a talented watercolour artist, producing hundreds of paintings of English landscapes.
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John Malchair's legacy is the collection of hundreds of sketches and watercolours of historical, architectural and topographical interest.