April 19, 1715, Stanwell, Middlesex, England.
February 10, 1783.
St. Margaret’s, Westminster, England.
April 19, 1715, Stanwell, Middlesex, England.
February 10, 1783.
St. Margaret’s, Westminster, England.
After his family moved to Oxford, Nares became a chorister in the Chapel Royal. He later became deputy organist at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; organist in York Cathedral (1734); and organist in the Royal Chapel and composer to the king (1756). He received a doctorate of music degree from Cambridge University in 1756. In 1770, the Catch Club awarded him a prize for his glee To All Lovers of Harmony.