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Daniel Read

1757 - 1836 Composer of "LISBON" in The Psalter Daniel Read; b. 1757, Rehoboth, Mass.; d. 1837, New Haven, Conn.An American composer and a primary figure in early American classical music. He was one of the “Yankee Tunesmiths” (1st New England School of Music) when classical music was popular in Europe. Read was a private in Massachusetts militia and later a comb maker and owner of a general store in New Haven, CN. He was only the 3rd composer in the U. S. to put out a collection of his own music. His work, “The American Singing Book” went through 5 editions, making him the most popular composer in the nation. Others often plagarized his tunes in those days. Tunebook sales supplemented his general store income, including “The Columbian Harmonist” (3 volumnes) with 3 revisions, and “The New Haven Collection of Sacred Music” 1818. Read also published “The American Musical magazine” in 12 annual issues in 1786 and 1787. In later years he came to appreciate European music more and imitated that styling in devotional music. Some of Read's music is still being performed, and selections have been published in “The Sacred Harp”, 1991 Edition, and the “Stoughton Music Society” (Centennial Collection 1980). John Perry

Henry Rosevear

1903 - 2003 Person Name: Henry Rosevear, b.1903 Harmonizer of "HOLYROOD" in The Book of Praise

John Scrimger

1849 - 1915 Person Name: John Scrimger, 1849-1915 Author of "Lord, Who Shall Come to Thee?" in The Cyber Hymnal Scrimger, John. (Waterloo Co., Ontario, February 10, 1849--August 6, 1915, Bic, Quebec). Presbyterian. University of Toronto, M.A., 1870; theological study at Knox College, Toronto. Pastorate at Montreal, 1873-1882, combined with lectureship in exegesis at Presbyterian College; professor of Greek and Hebrew exegesis, 1882-1904; principal, and professor of systematic theology, 1904-1915. He served in the denomination's hymnal committee, 1894-1915, being involved in the preparation of the 1897 and 1918 Books of Praise; to the latter he contributed a metrical version of Psalm 15. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives