Richard Mudge [1718 -1763] was an English clergyman and composer of the early classical period. He was the first private chaplain to Lord Aylesford, 1741, he became pastor of the villages of Great and Little Packington. From 1745 to 1757 he was rector in Little Packington in 1750 and vicar of St. Bartholomew and St. Martin in Birmingham. From 1756 he Lord Guernsey enabled independent living in Bedworth, where he lived until his death. 1749 in London, a collection of 6 Concertos in seven parts was published for Strings spring from Mudge. Five pieces of this collection are set for two violins and string orchestra. The first concert is also a trumpet. It is held in the form of a French overture, with a final minuet. The strings concerts are held all slow-fast-slow-fast in the block sequence. In all works, shows the influence of Handel and Francesco Geminiani. Furthermore, the collection contained an eight-voiced "Non Nobis Domine".
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