Joseph Edwards Carpenter
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Joseph Edwards Carpenter (2 November 1813, London
– 6 May 1885, Bayswater
) was an English playwright, composer and songwriter.
In 1851 Carpenter moved from Leamington to London. He wrote various touring musical entertainments such as The Road, the Rail and the River and aVocal, Pictorial, and Descriptive Illustration of Uncle Tom's Cabin
(1853). A two-act musical drama The Sanctuary and his three-act drama Love and Honour appeared in 1854, and a three-act drama Adam Bede in 1862.
He wrote lyrics for over 2500 songs and duets, publishing them in Ainsworth's Magazine and other magazines, and partnering with various composers including Henry Bishop and Stephen Glover
.
From 1865 to 1867 Carpenter edited 10 volumes of Penny Readings in prose and verse.
He is buried at Highgate Cemetery
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London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
– 6 May 1885, Bayswater
Bayswater
Bayswater is an area of west London in the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the west . It is a built-up district located 3 miles west-north-west of Charing Cross, bordering the north of Hyde Park over Kensington Gardens and having a population density of...
) was an English playwright, composer and songwriter.
In 1851 Carpenter moved from Leamington to London. He wrote various touring musical entertainments such as The Road, the Rail and the River and aVocal, Pictorial, and Descriptive Illustration of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman....
(1853). A two-act musical drama The Sanctuary and his three-act drama Love and Honour appeared in 1854, and a three-act drama Adam Bede in 1862.
He wrote lyrics for over 2500 songs and duets, publishing them in Ainsworth's Magazine and other magazines, and partnering with various composers including Henry Bishop and Stephen Glover
Stephen Glover (composer)
Stephen Glover , was a composer and teacher.Glover was brother to Charles William Glover. He was born in London in 1813, and became a popular composer of songs, ballads, and duets...
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From 1865 to 1867 Carpenter edited 10 volumes of Penny Readings in prose and verse.
He is buried at Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery is a cemetery located in north London, England. It is designated Grade I on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. It is divided into two parts, named the East and West cemetery....
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Works
- Random rhymes or lays of London, 1833
- Minstrel musings, London, 1838
- The romance of the dreamer, and other poems, London, 1841
- What Are the Wild Waves Saying?, 1853
- Songs and ballads, new ed., London, 1844; new ed. with additions, 1854
- Poems and lyrics, new ed., London, 1845
- Lays and legends of fairyland, London & Leamington, 1849
- My jubilee volume, London, 1883