CALLCOTT, JOHN WALL, one of the brightest ornaments of the British school of music, was born in 1766, at Kensington, where his father carried on the business of a builder. At the age of seven he was entered as day-boarder in a neighbouring school, where be mado such progress that he commenced reading the Greek Testament in his twelfth year, when family affairs occasioned his removal, from which period, great and various as were his acquirements, he was self educated, a circumstance to which, probably, the vigour of his unshackled mind may be attributed. Music, at first his amusement, accidentally became his profession, instead of surgery, for which lie was to qualify himself. when ti e sight of a negro operation goseereally meted ea urns of nanarkable issesibility, that he at sae* alnaderviel all hape of seceenlieg in the healing art, and devoted himself to that of harmony, the seedy of which he prosecuted a ithout say 1101MISII; though by a coonent attendance at the Chapel Royal, at Weesneelesur Abbey, and many coacerto, together with the friendly Lien, given, is frequent correenations, by Doctors Cooke sad Arnold, be, tee dos* molted very largely.
commeneed die professional career in the subordinate capacity of depettporpaist of Bt. George the Martyr, queer Square ; and at about the mme time made his first attempt in the composition of that truly oatioul mule, the Cl... In 1755, when only nineteen years of are, ha appeared as a candidate for the prises annually given by the Catch Club, sad obtained three out of the four gold medals.
A sucesesfal pieces was that mutely composition, 'Oh of the vriUtag soul.' Thus encouraged, he followed up with ardour and industry the course so auspicioutly begun, and in the following tea years, tweety medals of the same distinguished society were awarded to him.
la 171.3 Mr. Cello:at was admitted bachelor-In-music by the rerieven'y of Oxf-rd. In I7o7 he waisted in forming the Glee-Club. In 17100 he took advantage of the arrival of Haydn in this country, and derived consesiemble knowledge in the higher branch of instru mental composition from that illustrious musician. Ito advanced to the degree of doctor in-music at Oxford, in 17e0; hie exercise was a Leta motet., selected from Isaiah, beginning ' Propter Sion non Lembo? It a ' Musical Grammar' appeared In 1805. About the year leOst, he undertook to deliver lectures on music at the Royal Inetitu Leo, a took most of all others suited to his studies and gratifying to hie atebetioo : but the very anxiety he felt to execute the duty in a manner worthy of himself, rendered his hopes futile, and his efforts ilia mind, long overstrained, now sank at once under the burdens he had so nnaparingly laid on it, and ho became incompetent to the fulfilment of any of his engagements." After a seclusion of As• years, he rallied for a time, and by avoiding all severe study or escit:ag occupation, afforded hopes to his friends that his mental p sates were permanently restored. This gleam however lasted but
three year., when be was ones more assailed by the most woful of Leman w.stedies, and never recovered. He died in May 1621.
The productions of this original and ingenious composer are too atenteran, anal indeed too well known, to bo particulsrised hero : the chokers of than were, In 1521, collected and published in two hands woo volumes. by his son-in-law, Mr. Iiorsley. Dr. Callcott left a widow, eight daughters, wed two sons. One of the latter has attained consaderstile distinction in his father's art.
IlloroleSs Mutter of Dr. Calkott ; and //ariessuicon, ix. 53.) CALLENItERG. JOHANN-HEINItlell, was born January 12, 1001. in the principality of Sale-Goths. He studied at the university of Halle, sod was appointed prefeseor of philosophy io 1727, and peofeasor of theology in 1739. At the period when ho became pro fessor of phikent by there was a very strong feeling among the members of tin Protestant churches in favour of minions to the East, for the oonverron of the Mohammedans and other inhabitants' of those coun tries to linistianity. Callenberg, himself a Protestant with very deeded religions sentiments, entered into these views with great enthusiasm' and being a man of property, established, it his own tiptoes on his own premises, a priuting-offIce for the publication of works In Arabic and Hebrew, for the furtherance of the missionary muea. Hs re were printed translations into Arabic of portions of the Old Tenement, the whole of the New Testament, Luther's Shorter Lateallino, the 'Imitation of Jesus Christ' (somewhat curtailed), port o*. of fireflies on the 'Truth of the Christian Religion,' the 'Red:aunts of the Arabia Language,' and other works necessary for these who as tainiouss les In the East had to communicate with many whim speaking that language, lie was also anxious for tho centers ties of the Jaws to Christianity, and with that view wrote a' Kurz° Aanitesog sur Judiseh Ten'chen Speech's' (Short Introduction to the Speech of the Gonna Jaws), duo, 1733, to which he added in 1736 a dint dicticeery of the oornipt Hebrew 'pokey among themaelves by the Jews of On-many, the former work being an elementary grammar of the suse speech. lie coot need his labour" In writing, translating, and misting a e "Arty of works want for the mlotionariee till his deeds. wInsh occurred July 16, 17G0. We Lava merely Indicated a 1.w of the works which lamed from his prem. A full notice of them would occupy much space. They were all directed to the promotion of the to which, with indefatigeble seal, be devoted the labours of Ida Calkaterg wrote In German two works, in one of which he gives a data led &exeunt of the means which had beon used to moven the Jews to Chrietisnitg, and in the other of the ktomery of the seisotowarks amoug the Moharomedsas.