Born: Date un­known; christ­ened Sep­tem­ber 17, 1748, Man­ches­ter, Lan­ca­shire, Eng­land.

Died: July 15, 1782.

Son of com­pos­er John Wain­wright, Ro­bert earned a Doc­tor of Mu­sic de­gree at Ox­ford Un­i­ver­si­ty, then served as or­gan­ist at St. Pe­ter’s Church (now the Ca­thed­ral) in Li­ver­pool, Eng­land. At age 18, he was one of the can­di­dates for the post of or­gan­ist at Hal­i­fax par­ish church. On the day of the com­pe­ti­tion, he was the se­cond to play, and his ra­pid ex­e­cu­tion caused Snetz­ler, the or­gan builder, much an­xi­e­ty: “Te te­vil, te te­vil, he run over the keys like one cat; he vil not give my pipes room te speak.”

Music

1. Li­ver­pool
2. Manchester New