Robert Lucas Pearsall was an English composer mainly of vocal music, including an elaborate setting of "In dulci jubilo" and the richly harmonic part song Lay a garland of 1840, both still often performed today. Wikipedia
Born: March 14, 1795, Clifton, Bristol, United Kingdom
Died: August 5, 1856 (age 61 years), Rorschach, Switzerland
Record label: HYPERION
Children: Philippa Swinnerton Hughes and Elizabeth de Pearsall