William Smethergell (6 January 1751 - before March 1836) was an English composer and musician who lived and worked in London.
Christened in the church of St Peter le Poer, after an apprenticeship of seven years (with the organist and composer Thomas Curtis),[1] Smethergell became the organist of two London churches, All Hallows-by-the-Tower and St Mary-at-Hill, posts which he held simultaneously for fifty years.
5),[4] six harpsichord sonatas, seven keyboard concertos and a number of works for smaller forces.
[3] According to Jürgen Schaarwächter, performances of Smethergell’s orchestral music were often heard in Vauxhall Gardens until the 1790s, when stylistic changes in Europe turned it unfashionable.
5 No 4) all in three movements, and they are scored in eight parts, giving a fuller orchestral sound than the seven keyboard concertos.