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James Nares
1715 - 1783 Person Name: Nares Composer of "[The heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament showeth His handy work]" in The Sunday-School Hymnal and Service Book (Ed. A) Born: April 19, 1715, Stanwell, Middlesex, England.
Died: February 10, 1783.
Buried: St. Margaret’s, Westminster, England.
After his family moved to Oxford, Nares became a chorister in the Chapel Royal. He later became deputy organist at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; organist in York Cathedral (1734); and organist in the Royal Chapel and composer to the king (1756). He received a doctorate of music degree from Cambridge University in 1756. In 1770, the Catch Club awarded him a prize for his glee To All Lovers of Harmony.
Sources:
Frost, p. 683
Nutter, p. 462
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/n/a/r/nares_j.htm
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James Nares
Thomas Purcell
1582 - 1682 Person Name: Purcell Composer of "[The heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament showeth His handy work]" in The Sunday-School Hymnal and Service Book (Ed. A)
Thomas Purcell
G. W. Chard
1765 - 1849 Person Name: W. Chard Composer of "[The heavens declare the glory of God]" in The Students' Hymnal
G. W. Chard
Robert Cooke
1768 - 1814 Person Name: R. Cooke, 1768 - 1814 Composer of "[The heavens declare the glory]" in The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches
Robert Cooke
Jonathan Battishill
1738 - 1801 Person Name: J. Battishill, 1738-1801 Composer of "[The heavens declare the glory] " in The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches Jonathan Battishill born in London, 1738; composer of operas, sacred music and glees. He died at Islington, December 9, 1801.
A Dictionary of Musical Information by John Weeks Moore, O. Ditson, Boston, c. 1876
Jonathan Battishill
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