Bedford Arthur
1668-1745

Né à Tidenham (Gloucestershire), 8 septembre 1668, mort à Hoxton, 13 août 1745.

En 1684, il intègre le Brasenose College à Oxford, il est Bachelor Artium en février 1688 et ordonné prêtre la même année, Magister en juillet 1691.

En 1692, il est vicaire à Bristol, puis Chapelain de Wriothesley Russell, duc de Bedford.

En 1708, il publie The Evil and danger of Stage Plays. Dans cet ouvrage publié à Bristol, il prétend que le théâtre dissout la religion et qu'il introduit de mauvaises mœurs. En 1719, il publie un traité dans lequel il répertorie 7000 remarques quant à l'immoralité des pièces de théâtre jouées les années précédentes.

En 1724, il est engagé comme chapelain de l'hôpital de la Haberdashers' Company, à Hoxton.

Vers la fin de sa vie, il est chapelain de Frederick, prince de Galles.

Écrits relatifs à la musique

The temple musick: or an essay concerning the method of singing the psalms of David in the temple, before the Babylonish captivity; wherein the musick of our cathedrals in vindicated, and supposed to conformable not only to that of the primitive Christians, but also to the practice of the church in all procedings ages. By Arthur Bedford (41 exemplaires conservés)

• London, H. Mortlock, J. Walsh, Anth. Piesly 1706 (26 exemplaires conservés)
• Bristol, W. Bonny & Roger Warne 1706 (9 exemplaires conservés)
• London, the authore & J. Wood-ward 1712 (6 exemplaires conservés)
  • Localisations : B : Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royale
  • D : Berlin, Deutsche Staatsbibliothek - Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Musikabteilung
  • F : Paris, Bibliothèque de France
    GB : Cambridge, Univer-sity Library - Durham, Cathedral Library - Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland - Glasgow, Euing Musical library - London, British Museum - London, Royal Academy of Music - London, Royal College of Music - Manchester, Public Library - Oxford, Bodleian Library - Oxford, Christ Church - Tenbury, St. Michael’s College
  • US : Boston, Mass., Music Departement, Boston Public Library - Cambridge, Mass., Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library - Chicago, Ill. Newberry library - Chicago, Ill., University of Chicago Library - Detroit, Mich., Wayne state University Library - Durham, N. C. Duke University Library - Evanston, Ill., Northwestern Univ. - Hart-ford, Conn., Newton Case Memorial Library, Hartford Seminary Foundation - Iowa City, Ia., Music Library, State University of Iowa - Los Angeles, Calif., William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California - New York, N. Y., Music Division, New York Public Library - Newark, N. J. Newark Museum - Philadel-phie, Pa., University of Pennsylvania Library - Princeton, N. J., Princeton Theological Seminary, Speer Library - San Marino, Calif., Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. - Washington, D.C., Music Divi-sion, Library of Congress
• Fac-similé numérisé (PDF)

The great abuse of musick in two parts. Containing an account of the use and design of musick among the an tient Jews, Greeks, Romans and others, with their concern for, and care to prevent the abuse thereof. And also an account of the immorality and profaneness, which is occasioned by the corruption of that most noble science in the present age. By Arthur Bedfort

• London, J. H. for John Wyatt 1711 (46 exemplaires conservés)
  • Localisations : The great abuse of musick, B : Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royale
  • C : London (Ontario), University of Western Ontario - Univ. Oriental Institute, Chicago
  • D: Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Musikabteilung
  • DK : København, Carl Claudius’ musikhistoriske Samling
  • F : Paris, Bibliothèque de France
  • GB: Cambridge, King’s College - Cambridge, Pendlebury Library - Durham, Cathedral Library - Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland - Glasgow, Euing Musical library - London, British Museum - London, London Library - Leeds, Public Library - Manchester, Public Library - Oxford, Bodleian Library - Oxford, Christ Church - Oxford, Univ. Faculty Library
  • NL: Den Haag, Gemeente Museum
  • S : Stockholm, Kungl. Musikaliska Akademiens Bibl.
  • US: Ann Arbor, Mich., William L. Clements Library University of Michigan - Austin, Tex., The University of Texas - Boston, Mass., Boston Public Library - US:Boston, Mass., New England Con-servatory of Music Library - Chicago, Ill. Newberry library - Chicago, Ill., University of Chicago Library - Cambridge, Mass., Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library - Chapel Hill, N.C., Music Library - Hartford, Conn., New-ton Case Memorial Library, Hartford Seminary Foundation - Iowa City, Ia., Music Library, State University of Iowa - Iowa City, Ia., Music Library, State University of Iowa - Los Angeles, Calif., William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California - Lexington, Ky., School of Music Library, University of Louisville - Minneapolis, Minn., The University of Minnesota - New Haven, Conn., School of Music Library - New York, N. Y., Music Division, New York Public Library - Rochester, N.Y., Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music - San Marino, Calif., Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery - Washington, D.C., Music Division, Library of Congress
• Fac-similé numérisé (PDF)

The excellency of divine musick: or a sermon presch'd [...] before several members of such societies who are lovers of psalmody. To which is added a specimen of easy, grave tunes, instead of those which are used in our profane and wanton ballads

• London, W. Pearson (11 exemplaires conservés)
• GB : Glasgow, Mitchell library - Glasgow, Euing Musical library - - London, Royal College of Music
• US: Los Angeles, Calif., William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California - New Haven, Conn., School of Music Library - New York, N. Y., Music Division, New York Public Library - Pittsburgh, Pa., Carne-gie Library of Pittsburgh.
• Fac-similé numérisé (PDF)

Bibliographie

ALLIBONE SAMUD AUSTIN, A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors [5 v.]. Philadelphia, Childs and Peterson 1859-1891; Detroit, Gale Research Company 1966

BERTHELOT ANDRÉ (1862-1838), DERENBOURG HARTWIG (1844-1908) et al., La grande encyclopédie. Paris, H. Lamirault 1885-1901; Fromann, Bad Cannstatt 1966

CHORON ALEXANDRE-ÉTIENNE (1771-1834), Dictionnaire historique des musiciens artistes et amateurs. Paris, Valade et Lenormand 1810-1811 [2 v.]; Hildesheim, G. Olms 1971

EITNER ROBERT (1832-1905), Biographisch-Bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten. Leipzig 1900-1904 [10 v.]; New York, 1947 [10 v.]; Graz, Aka-demische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt 1959 [11 v.]

FÉTIS FRANÇOIS JOSEPH (1784-1871), Biographie universelle des musiciens [8 v.]. Firmin-Didot, Paris 1873-1889 [2e éd.]; Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation 1972 [25 cm]

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HOOK WALTER FARQUHAR, An ecclesiastical biography [8 v.]. London, F. ad J. Rivington, 1845-1852

MICHAUD LOUIS-GABRIEL (1773-1858), Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne [45 v.]. Paris, A. Thoisnier, Déplaces & Michaud 1854-1865

HOEFER JEAN-CHRÉTIEN FERDINAND (1811-1878, dir.), Nouvelle biographie générale (universelle) [46 v.]. Paris, Firmin-Didot 1853-1866; Rosenkilde og Bagger, Cøbenhavn 1963-1969

SCHMIDL CARLO (1859-1943), Dizionario universale dei musicisti. Milano, Ricordi 1887; Milano, Sonzogno 1928-1929 [sup. en 1938]

TRAYLOR EVA GERMAINE RIMINGTON, The mathematical practitioners of Hanoverian England 1714-1840. University Press, Institute of Navigation, Cambridge 1966

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