J. Troutbeck

Who was J. Troutbeck?

John Troutbeck was a Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey and Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria whose renown rests on his translation of various continental choral texts including the major works of Bach. He additionally translated oratorios by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák, Gounod, Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Schumann and Weber, as well as operas by Mozart, Gluck and Wagner. Troutbeck was born at Blencowe, Cumberland, in England, on 12 November 1832, and died on 11 October 1899, at Westminster, London.