Academy of Music upon the death of his student, R. J. S. Stevens, in 1837. The collection included Gloria, a composition identified as Handel's work only in 2001. Composer Savage was also a moderately prolific composer. He composed many anthems and other church music. His anthem "O Lord my God" is his most ambitious work and is written for accompaniment by string orchestra. He also composed music for solo violin and various canons, catches and rounds, composed for the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club, of which Savage was a member. A more idiosyncratic piece was his "On the very first of May", set to nonsense poetry written by his wife. Notes References Donald Burrows: "Savage, William", in Grove Music Online ed L. Macy (accessed 5 January 2007) grovemusic.com, subscription access. Hogwood, Christopher (2007). Handel (Revised edition), Thames and Hudson, . Stevens, R.J.S. and Henry George Farmer: "A Forgotten Composer of Anthems: William Savage (1720–89)" in Music & Letters, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jul. 1936), pp. 188–99 (available via JSTOR) 1720 births 1789 deaths English classical composers English classical organists British male organists English Baroque composers English opera singers Operatic countertenors Operatic basses Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal 18th-century classical composers 18th-century British male musicians 18th-century keyboardists Male classical organists