[r-t] FCH

[edward martin]

On 17 May 2012 07:46, Robin Woolley <robin at robinw.org.uk> wrote:


> (I have understood for many years that Middleton composed the peal for London
> S. Major, it was found serendipitously to be true to Cambridge - though this
> may be apochryphal).

I hadn't heard that but Jasper Snowdon in his 'Standard Methods' said
that it had been composed independantly by Middleton and Henry
Johnson, but Middleton's was published first (1845) therefore deserves
claim.

Eddie