Solomon Eccles

Solomon Eagle striding through plague ridden London with burning coals on his head, trying to fumigate the air. Chalk drawing by Edward Matthew Ward, 1848

Solomon Eccles (1618–1683), also known as Solomon Eagle,[1] was an English composer. However, he later became an active Quaker and distanced himself from church music.

  1. ^ Pulver, Jeffrey (1927). A Biographical Dictionary of Old English Music. Ayer Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 0833728679.