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East, William (fl 1748-55)

Psalmodist of Waltham on the Wolds, Leics. See Glover (1994) for more details. This site includes some free transcriptions and midi files from some of these publications.

[c1748] The voice of melody [book I] (P134); 1 new FT; one complete copy in Frost collection at RSM, part copy owned by citizen of Rutland. The title page and preface include materials for music lessons.
1750 The voice of melody book I, 2nd edn (P134.2); 7 FTs, 4 new
1750 The voice of melody book II (P137); 21 FTs, 12 new, 2 joint
1754 The sacred melody (P151); 21 FTs, 20 new
[c1754] The sacred melody (unique collection of miscellaneously numbered sheets; British Library, A.1230.o)
[c1755] Collection of church musick (P157; unique collection of miscellaneously numbered sheets; Bodleian); 47 FTs, 16 new
[c1756] Divine melody, collection of miscellaneously numbered sheets that's turned up for sale on ABE Books (Jan 06).

Eugenio (fl. 1807)

The unpaginated introduction of Church Harmony sacred to Devotion, published in 1760 in London, includes a poetic ode to the compiler, Joseph Stephenson, signed by one 'Eugenius'. If this is the same as the present composer, he had a long life. (Francis Roads)

Everet, John (fl 1750s)

Psalmodist of Grantham, Lincs. Worked with William East of Waltham

1757 The divine concert (P164); 11 new FTs. Only known copy in Library of Congress, though a manuscript book used in Bourne and Corby Glen, Lincs., contains a fair chunk of the anthems from it (Lincolnshire Archives).

Evison, James (fl 1750-69)

Kent psalmodist

1747 A compleat book of psalmody (P130); 4 FTs, 2 new
1751 A compleat book of psalmody 2nd edn (P130.2); 9 FTs
1754 A compleat book of psalmody 3rd edn (P130.3); 12 FTs, 2 new, 1 joint
1769 A compleat book of psalmody 5th edn; 12 FTs

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Sources and acknowledgements

These notes were originally compiled from two main sources:

• Temperley, N. (1979) The Music of the English Parish Church, vol. 1, Cambridge Studies in Music, Cambridge University Press
• Temperley, N. and Manns, C. G. (1983) Fuging Tunes in the Eighteenth Century, Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography, no. 49, Information Coordinators, Detroit

The 'P', 'D' etc. numbers that follow the titles of publications are those given in the above sources, from which may be gleaned a wealth of additional information. Of course, the Hymn Tune Index is the source to consult, now that it has been published.

From time to time other individuals have passed on details -- their help is gratefully acknowledged. Names of sources are given with the individual entries.

For interest, I've added entries from a biographical index in Psalmo-Doxologia: A New and Complete Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall), originally published in about 1825.

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