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Nathaniel D. Gould
1781 - 1864 Composer of "WOODLAND" in The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal Nathaniel Duren Gould 1781-1864. Born in Bedford, MA, into the Duren family, He was musically inclined and attended a singing school when young. He was also a master and teacher of penmanship and engraving. As a conservative music reformer he opened a singing school in 1799. He taught mostly Psalmody singing. He married Sally Andrews Prichard in 1801, and they had eight children: Nathaniel, Augustus, Charles, Mary Ann, (2 unnamed infants that died), Elizabeth and Sarah. He also formed the New Ipswitch military band in 1804 He was conductor of the Middlesex MA Musical Society in 1805. He took the name Gould in 1806 to qualify for an inheritance from an uncle. He taught music in NH and MA in some 115 singing schools over 50+ years and had more than 50,000 students. He also compiled and published music. He authored a number of books, one being “History of church music in America” (1853) about early singing schools. He noted traits and temperaments of many singers, some not really performing for the glory of God. He died in Boston, MA.
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Nathaniel D. Gould
Deodotus Dutton
1808 - 1832 Person Name: D. Dutton Composer of "WOODSTOCK" in The National Baptist Hymnal Dutton, Deodatus, jun., b. cir. 1810, was a native of Monson, Massachusetts, U.S. He was a Licentiate of the third Presbytery, New York, but died before ordination, about 1832. His hymns in common use are:—
1. On Thibet's snow-capt mountain. Missions. This appeared in pt. ii. of the Christian Lyrics, 1831, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines. It is an imitation of Bp. Heber's “From Greenland's icy mountains."
2. O where can the soul find relief from its foes. Heaven. The date and first published of this hymn is uncertain. It is given, together with the above, in the Plymouth Collection, 1855. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Born: December 22, 1808, Monson, Massachusetts.
Died: December 16, 1832, New York City.
Buried: Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, New York.
By age 14, Dutton was playing the organ at Center Church in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended Brown University and Washington (now Trinity) College (graduated 1828), and was licensed to preach by the Third Presbytery of New York. However, he never received a pastorate, and was still pursuing his studies at the time of his death. His works include:
The American Psalmody, 1829, with Elam Ives, Jr.
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
Deodotus Dutton
A. J. Abbey
1825 - 1887 Person Name: A. J. Abbey (1825-1887) Composer of "COOLING" in Hymns of the Ages Alonzo Judson Abbey, USA 1825-1887 Professor Abbey was a music teacher, collector, writer-composer, tune book compiler and sacred music publisher. George F Root often edited his published works.
John Perry
A. J. Abbey
George Thomas Speer
1891 - 1966 Person Name: G. T. Speer Composer of "[Let worldly minds the world pursue]" in Singing Star
George Thomas Speer
H. R. Jeffrey
Person Name: H. R. J. Author (refrain) of "I Am from Sin Set Free" in Timeless Truths
H. R. Jeffrey
J. H. Weber
Person Name: Rev. J. H. Weber Composer of "[Let worldly minds the world pursue]" in Songs of Joy and Gladness No. 2
J. H. Weber
Robert L. Selle
1865 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. R. L. Selle Composer of "[Let worldly minds the world pursue]" in Spirit and Life No. 2
Robert L. Selle
William S. Kain
Composer of "[Let worldly minds the world pursue]" in Exalted Praise
William S. Kain
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