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John Warrington Hatton
1710 - 1793 Person Name: John Hatton Composer of "DUKE STREET" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada John Warrington Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) was christened in Warrington, Lancashire, England. He supposedly lived on Duke Street in Lancashire, from where his famous tune name comes. Very little is known about Hatton, but he was most likely a Presbyterian, and the story goes that he was killed in a stagecoach accident.
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John Warrington Hatton
David Evans
1874 - 1948 Person Name: David Evans, 1874-1948 Harmonizer of "DUKE STREET" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook David Evans (b. Resolven, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1874; d. Rosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, 1948) was an important leader in Welsh church music. Educated at Arnold College, Swansea, and at University College, Cardiff, he received a doctorate in music from Oxford University. His longest professional post was as professor of music at University College in Cardiff (1903-1939), where he organized a large music department. He was also a well-known and respected judge at Welsh hymn-singing festivals and a composer of many orchestral and choral works, anthems, service music, and hymn tunes.
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Joseph Mainzer
1801 - 1851 Person Name: Joseph Mainzer, 1801-1851 Composer of "MAINZER" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Abbe Joseph Mainzer, b. Trier, 1807; d. Mancehster, 1851
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal,
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Born: October 21, 1801, Trier, Germany.
Died: November 10, 1851, Higher Broughton (near Manchester), England.
Mainzer was educated at the Maîtrise of Trier Cathedral. Having studied engineering, he worked in mines at Saarbrücken, but was ordained in 1826 and after a few years became an abbé. He left Germany in 1833 for political reasons, settling in Brussels, then Paris, and Britain in 1839, living first in Edinburgh, then, after 1847, in Manchester. He published the Musical Times and Singing Circular. Novello took over the publication in 1844, renaming it the Musical Times.
Sources:
Pratt, p. 622
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/i/mainzer_j.htm
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Joseph Mainzer
