A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Jebb, John

by William H. Husk

JEBB, Rev. John, D.D., formerly Prebendary in Limerick Cathedral, now Canon of Hereford and Rector of Peterstow, Herefordshire, an able writer on choral service. His works include 'Three Lectures on the Cathedral Service of the United Church of England and Ireland,' delivered at Leeds in 1841 and published in that year; 'The Choral Service of the United Church of England and Ireland, being an Inquiry into the Liturgical System of the Cathedral and Collegiate foundations of the Anglican Communion,' 8vo. 1843; 'The Choral Responses and Litanies of the United Church of England and Ireland,' 2 vols. fol. 1847–57 (an interesting and valuable collection); and 'Catalogue of Ancient Choir Books at St. Peter's College, Cambridge.' He edited Thos. Caustun's 'Venite exultemus and Communion Service.'

[ W. H. H. ]