Joah Bates was born in Halifax and educated at Eton. Admitted Christ's pensioner 1759 aged 19. Admitted Kings 1760; BA 1764; MA 1767; Fellow and Tutor of Kings. Private secretary to the Earl of Sandwich, who made him Commissioner of the Victualling Office - conductor of "the concerts of ancient music". Commissioner of the Customs. Vice President of Westminster Hospital and Director of Greenwich Hospital. He married Sarah Harrop 1780. Impoverished in later years by bad speculation. He died in 1799. He had a great musical talent. [P.B.R.]
(b Halifax, bap. 8 March 1740; d London, 8 June 1799). English organist and concert organizer. He was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, from 1770 and later held various civil service posts. A champion of ‘ancient’ (i.e. Baroque) music, he was a director of the Concert of Ancient Music, 1776-93, and the massive Westminster Abbey Handel Commemoration of 1784. His wife Sarah (c 1755-1811) was a much-admired soprano who sang in many of his concerts. [Music Encyclopedia]
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Joah Bates was born in Halifax and educated at Eton. Admitted Christ's pensioner 1759 aged 19. Admitted Kings as Craven scholar 1760; BA 1764; MA 1767; Fellow and Tutor of Kings. English organist and concert organizer. He was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, from 1770 and later held various civil service posts. A champion of ‘ancient’ (i.e. Baroque) music, he was a director of the Concert of Ancient Music, 1776-93, and the massive Westminster Abbey Handel commemoration of 1784. His wife Sarah (c 1755-1811) was a much-admired soprano, sang in many of his concerts. [Music Encyclopaedia]. He died in 8.6.1799
