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Short Name:	Jonathan Battishill
Full Name:	Battishill, Jonathan, 1738-1801
Birth Year:	1738
Death Year:	1801

Jonathan Battishill born in London, 1738; composer of operas, sacred music and glees. He died at Islington, December 9, 1801.

A Dictionary of Musical Information by John Weeks Moore, O. Ditson, Boston, c. 1876

Wikipedia Biography

Jonathan Battishill (May 1738 – 10 December 1801) was an English composer, keyboard player, and concert tenor. He began his career as a composer writing theatre music but later devoted himself to working as an organist and composer for the Church of England. He is considered one of the outstanding 18th century English composers of church music and is best remembered today for his seven-part anthem Call to Remembrance, which has long survived in the repertoires of cathedral choirs.

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