1709 - 1770 Person Name: Avison Composer of "MIRIAM" in The Gospel Psalmist Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, studied music in Italy, then served as organist of St. Nicholas' in Newcastle. He was respected both for his instrumental compositions and arrangements, and his writings on musical aesthetics. The hymn tunes attributed to him are adaptations.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Charles Avison