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David Duffle Wood

Short Name: David Duffle Wood
Full Name: Wood, David Duffield, 1838-1910
Birth Year: 1838
Death Year: 1910

David Duffield Wood was born near Pittsburgh, PA in 1838. He became totally blind in childhood, and was sent to the School for the Blind in Philadelphia. Wood was an organist, teacher, and composer. He was the organist at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and co-founder of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He died in Philadelphia in 1910.

Dianne Shapiro


Tunes by David Duffle Wood (6)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[He shall feed his flock like a shepherd] (Wood)D. D. Wood (Arranger)155456 51177 77767
JUNIATA (Wood)David D. Wood (Composer)533243 65517 65332
JUBILATE (Parker)D. D. Wood (Arranger)151531 65434 52333
[The Homeland, the Homeland]David D. Wood (Composer)235313 23111 76512
VICTOR FUNERISDavid Duffle Wood (Composer)113355 17656 45314
[We come to our "Church Home" tonight] (Wood)D. D. Wood (Composer)132111 71216 53456
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