of the instrument, and in his mature years he offended the critics by a showiness that bordered on charlatanism. Among Fisher's compositions, his Six Easy Solos for a Violin and Six Duettos were useful to amateurs of the time ; while his Vauxhall and Marybone Songs, in three books, were made popular by the singing of Mrs. Weichsel, Vernon, and Bellamy. Another favourite book was a collection of airs forming A Comparative View of the English, French, and Italian Schools, which, however, contains no critical remarks. The songs In Vain I Seek to Calm to Rest and See with Rosy Beam deserve mention. The Six Symphonies, all scored for two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings were played at Vauxhall and at the theatres; the manuscript of a seventh symphony is held at the British Library. Recordings of the six symphonies were issued by Naxos in 2021. The pantomime, with music, Master of the Woods, was produced at Sadler's Wells; the Harlequin Jubilee at Covent Garden, and, with the 'Sylphs' and the 'Sirens', gave evidence of the professor's facility in manufacturing musicianly serio-comic measures. The Norwood Gipsies, 'Prometheus', 'Macbeth', and lastly 'Zobeide', point to a more serious vein, though belonging equally to Fisher's theatrical period, about 1770–80; but the well-written anthem, 'Seek ye the Lord', sung at Bedford Chapel and Lincoln Cathedral. is of later date. Three violin concertos were published at Berlin, 1782. References DNB references These references are found in the DNB article referred to above. External links 1774 births 1806 deaths English violinists British male violinists Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford People from Dunstable English composers