Joseph Corfe (9 February 1741 – 29 July 1820)[1] was an English Church singer, organist, and composer.
Composer and diarist, John Marsh (1752 – 1828) wrote how acrimonious this period was, and how it divided the musical community.
Joseph was a respected singing teacher with Nancy Storace[3] and Mrs Second among his pupils.
He lived with his family in The Close, Salisbury, and died at his home in 1820 and was buried in the north-west transept of the cathedral.
1769) had been a singer, cellist, and double bass player in the Drury Lane orchestra.