Joseph SMEDLEY [of Trowell]
Oboist of the 1790s
This was before keys were added to the instrument
Instrumentalist, active 1794 - 1815
Doane's Musical Directory of 1794 (1) listed Joseph Smedley of Trowell in Nottinghamshire as being proficient on the oboe, violincello, violin and bass.
He is further credited as a participant in the Handel concerts at Westminster abbey, and as a subscriber to the New Musical Fund, being named in the annual benefit programme as late as 1815.
1. DOANE, Joseph "A Musical Directory for the year 1794" (London: Royal College of Music. facsimilie edition, 1993)