Information AboutSamuel Wesley |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT SAMUEL WESLEY | |
| english composers | |
| english classical organists | |
| composers for pipe organ | |
| people from bristol | |
| 1766 births | |
| 1837 deaths | |
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CAREER Samuel showed his musical talent early in life. He played the Violin as well as the organ, and worked as a Conductor as well as a music lecturer. Many of his best-known compositions were written for the church; they include the Motet ''In exitu Israel''. PERSONAL LIFE Samuel married Charlotte Louise Martin in 1793 , with whom he had 3 children. A book published in 2001 provides a fascinating account of how Samuel Wesley's marriage to Charlotte finally broke up with her discovery of Samuel's affair with the 15 or 16 year old domestic servant/housekeeper Sarah Suter. Samuel and Sarah never married but had 7 children together, among them Samuel Sebastian Wesley ( 1810 - 1876 ) who was a cathedral organist and composer of the Victorian Period . Samuel died in 1837 and was buried in Saint Marylebone Old Parish Church, London . REFERENCES
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