Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Adcock, James

Adcock, James, master to the choristers of King's College, Cambridge, was born in 1778, at Eton, in Buckinghamshire. In 1786, he was admitted a chorister of his majesty's Chapel of St. George, Windsor, and of the College of Eton, where he received his musical education under Dr. Aylward and Mr. Sexton, organist of St. George, Windsor. In 1797, he was elected one of the lay clerks of St. George's Chapel, and in 1799, was appointed to the same situation at Eton College, both of which places he gave up on being nominated lay clerk of' King's, Trinity, and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge. Adcock's principal compositions are glees; viz., "Three Glees, dedicated to Sir Patrick Blake," (Birchall ;) " Hark how the Bees," glee, four voices, (Preston ;) "Welcome Mirth," glee, three voices, (Goulding ;) &c. Adcock also published rudiments of singing, with about thirty solfeggi, to assist persons who wish to sing at sight.