Daniel Bond, and at the age of twelve became apprentice to the organist of Gloucester Cathedral, Martin Smith.
He [wa]s an eminent musician [and] indulgent husband [an]d steady in his friendships [exempl]ary in the constant practice [of his Ch]ristian and social duties he died 14 February 1790 / aged 59.
The collection is similar in style to works by Midlands composers Richard Mudge and John Alcock published in 1749 and 1750, though also has much in common with the concerti grossi of contemporary English composers Handel, John Stanley, Francesco Geminiani and Charles Avison's arrangements of Domenico Scarlatti.
The bassoon concerto is more galant in style and may owe some influence to a lost work from 1745 by William Boyce.
The compositions are considered among the best of any English provincial composer, and in their own time were occasionally heard in the Concerts of Antient Music until 1812.