Blewitt, Jonas

BLEWITT, Jonas, a celebrated organist in the latter half of the 18th century, author of ‘A Treatise on the Organ, with explanatory Voluntaries’; ‘Ten Voluntaries, or pieces for the Organ,’ etc.; ‘Twelve easy and familiar movements for the Organ,’ etc. He died in 1805. His son, Jonathan Blewitt, was born in London in 1782, received the rudiments of his musical education from his father, and was afterwards placed under his godfather, Jonathan Battishill. At eleven years old he...