Life

Broderip was a son of William Broderip

William Broderip (organist)

-Life:Broderip, as to whose parentage and education nothing is known, was appointed a vicar choral of Wells Cathedral on 1 April 1701. On 1 October 1706 he was appointed sub-treasurer, and on 1 April 1708 a cathedral stall was assigned to him. On 2 January 1712 he succeeded John George as organist...

, organist of Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who lives at the adjacent Bishop's Palace....

, who died in 1726. In 1740 he was organist at Minehead

Minehead

Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the border with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National Park...

. The first mention of him in the chapter records of Wells is on 2 December 1740, when he was admitted a vicar choral of the cathedral for a year on probation. On 1 April 1741 it was ordered by the dean and chapter that Broderip, who had supplied the place of organist from the death of Mr. Evans, should be paid the usual salary allowed on that account in proportion to the time, and he was admitted into the place of organist of the cathedral. On 30 September of the same year Broderip was fully appointed organist at a salary of £20, and master of the choristers at £7 a year; on 3 December following he was perpetuated as a vicar choral, and on 20 November 1769 was appointed sub-treasurer, on the death of Thomas Parfitt. In the latter years of his life Broderip was organist of Shepton Mallett, Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

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Works

Between 1766 and 1771 Broderip published a collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, dedicated to the Dean of Wells

Dean of Wells

The Dean of Wells is the head of the Chapter of Wells Cathedral in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The current Dean is the Very Revd John Clarke, who lives in The Dean's Lodging, 25 The Liberty, Wells.-List of the Deans of Wells:*1140–1164 Ivo...

, Lord Francis Seymour. After his death some more settings of the Psalms by him were incorporated in a publication by Robert Broderip

Robert Broderip

-Life:Broderip lived at Bristol during the latter part of the eighteenth century. He was a relation of John Broderip, organist of Wells Cathedral, probably either a brother or son, and also of the Broderip who was a bookseller and publisher at 13 Haymarket, and who was one of the founders of the...

of Bristol.

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