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John Holt was a London bell ringer of the 18th century. One John Holt who was baptized at Christ Church Greyfriars on 31 March 1726 is suggested to have been him although someone of the same name was also baptized in October of the same year at St Botolph-without-Aldgate, East Smithfield. He died in the year 1753, at the age of twenty-seven. Holt was not born into wealth, being described years later in the 1788 ''Clavis Campanalogia'' (a bellringing textbook) as "a poor unlettered youth", which could well account for his untimely death. By trade he was a shoemaker, but very little else is known about his personal life. == Ringing career == Although an underprivileged and illiterate working class member of society, John Holt became a very highly placed individual in the art of Change Ringing. Despite the fact that his ringing career spanned less than a decade, his contributions had incalculable impacts and he remains one of the most famous names in the history of the art. In some respects, however, his ringing career remains almost as mysterious as his personal life. It is not known at which tower Holt learnt to ring, or who taught him. Most information about him- and indeed his peers- is drawn solely from the records of the London ringing societies with which he was affiliated. Holt became a member of the Union Scholars (a bell ringing society) in 1745. He took on a prominent role as conductor, conducting most of the society's peals before it became defunct. In 1752 he left the Union Scholars and became a member of the Ancient Society of College Youths, to this day a thriving company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Holt (composer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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