DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

JACKSON JACOB 521
parts,' 'Six Madrigals,' and 'Six Epigrams,'
(1786). His catliedral music was collected and
published many years after his death (about
1S20) by James Paddon, organist of Exeter
Cathedral. He died of dropsy, July 5, 1803.1
.Jackson employed much of his leisure time in
painting landscapes in the style of his friend
I lainsborough, in which he attained considerable
skill. Whilst much of his music charms by its
simplicity, melodiousness, refinement, and grace,
there is also much that sinks into tameness and
insipidity ; his church music especially is
exceedingl)' feeble. Notwithstanding this,
* Jackson in ' F maintained its popularity in
some churches tlirough a great part of the 19th
century. w. H. H.
JACKSON, William, known as Jackson of
Masham, born Jan. 9, 1815, was son of amiller,
and furnishes a good instance of the power
of perseverance and devotion to an end. His
passion for music developed itself at an early
age, and his strnggles in the pursuit of his
beloved art read almost like a romance in
humble life. He bnilt organs, learned to play
almost every instrument, w^ind and string, taught
himself harmony and counterpoint from books,
until at length, in 1832, wdien he had reached
the mature age of sixteen, the lord of the manor
of Jla^ham having presented a finger organ to
the church, Jackson was appointed organist with
a stipend of £30. Through the circulating
library in Leeds, he was able to study the
scores of Haydn, Mozart, Spohr, and Mendelssohn.
In 1839 he went into business at Masham as
a tallow-chandler, and in the same year published
an anthem, ' For joy let fertile valleys
ring.' In 1840 the HuddersHeld Glee Club
awarded him their first prize for his glee,
' The Sisters of the Sea' ; and in 1841 he composed
for tlie Huddersfield Choral Society the
1 3rd Psalm for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra.
In 1845 he wTote an oratorio, ' The Deliverance
of Israel from Babylon,' and soon afterwards
another entitled 'Lsaiah.' In 1852 he made
music his profession and settled in Bradford,
where, in partnership with William Winn, the
bass singer, he entered into business as a musicseller,
and became organist, first, of St. John's
Cliurch, and afterwards (in 1856) of Horton
Lane Chapel. On Winn's quitting Bradford,
Jackson succeeded him as conductor of the
Choral Union (male voices only). He was ehorus-
niaster at the Bradford festivals in 1853, 1856,
and 1859, and became conductor of the Festival
Choral Society on its establishment in 1856.
For the festival of 1856 he again set the 103rd
Psalm, and for that of 1859 composed 'The
Year,' a cantata, the words selected by himself
from various poets. He compiled and partly
composed a set of psalm tunes, and harmonised
The Bradford Tunc Book compiled by Samuel
1 rnat«^ of birth aiid