Short Name: | Henry K. Oliver |
Full Name: | Oliver, Henry K. (Henry Kemble), 1800-1885 |
Birth Year: | 1800 |
Death Year: | 1885 |
Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) was educated at Harvard and Dartmouth. He taught in the public schools of Salem (1818-1842) and was superintendent of the Atlantic Cotton Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts (1848-1858). His civic service included being mayor of Lawrence (18591861) and Salem (1877-1880), state treasurer (1861-1865), and organizer of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics and Labor (1867-1873). Oliver was organist at several churches, including Park Street Congregational Church in Boston, North Church in Salem, and the Unitarian Church in Lawrence. A founder of the Mozart Association and several choral societies in Salem, he published his hymn tunes in Hymn and Psalm Tunes (1860) and Original Hymn Tunes (1875).
Bert Polman
Tunes by Henry K. Oliver (11) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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CHESTNUT STREET (Oliver) | H. K. Oliver (Composer) | 2 | 55111 71257 13451 |
CLONBERNE (Oliver) | Henry Kemble Oliver (Composer) | 2 | 33332 25443 36545 |
PARK STREET | Henry K. Oliver (Composer) | 1 | 11112 32171 33334 |
FEDERAL STREET | Henry K. Oliver (Composer) | 591 | 33343 55434 44334 |
GILGAL (Oliver) | Henry Oliver (Composer) | 1 | 51564 32171 32217 |
HARMONY GROVE (Oliver) | Henry K. Oliver (Composer) | 41 | 33335 12333 33344 |
HEBRON (Mason) | H. K. Oliver (Composer) | 2 | 53565 67117 23176 |
MERTON (Oliver) | Henry Kemble Oliver, 1800-1885 (Composer) | 19 | 56712 31132 27652 |
OTTO (Oliver) | H. K. Oliver (Composer) | 2 | 11223 32235 43221 |
SAXONY (Oliver) | Henry Kemble Oliver, (1800-1885) (Composer) | 4 | 55312 12315 531 |
WALNUT GROVE | H. K. Oliver (Composer) | 8 | 34323 55456 55143 |