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Sampson, Richard (d 1806)

Organist of St John, Wakefield, 1795-1806

[1800] Ancient church-music (P315)

Senior, D. (fl 1775)

Psalmodist of Sittingbourne, Kent

[c1775] The food of devotion (P226); 22 new FTs

Sharp, Thomas (d 1772)

Vicar of St Bartholomew-the-Less, London, 1765-72

Compositions: four psalm settings in Divine Harmony (1798), published by John Page

Information supplied by Bob Barr

Shenton, Samuel (fl 1700-19)

Psalmodist, probably in the Chilterns area

1700 Tunes to the psalms of David (P50; co-author John Hall); copy: Euing Library, Glasgow University
1711 The devout singer's guide (P62)
1719 The devout singer's guide 4th edn

Sherwin, W. (fl 1725)

Psalmodist

1725 An help to the singing p[s]alm-tunes by the book (P91)

Shrubsole, William (1760-1806)

A chorister of Canterbury Cathedral; later became organist at Bangor (1782) and London (1784). He composed very little. (Francis Roads)

Smart, Sir George T. (1776-1867)

Composer

[1795] Divine amusement 2nd edn (P299)

Smith, Benjamin (fl 1729-32)

London music publisher

1732 The harmonious companion (P105)

Smith, Isaac (fl 1755-95)

London draper; clerk to the Alie Street Baptist Meeting House, Stepney, London (Francis Roads)

'Isaac Smith was Clerk to Alie Street Meeting, and the first dissenting clerk, it is said, that ever received for his services £20 per annum. Latterly, being in a respectable line of business, he declined that profession; but having a taste for music, he composed and published a number of Psalm-tunes, which are in very general use among Dissenters, and some of them in many churches.' (Psalmo-Doxologia)

[c1780] A collection of psalm tunes (P246); 1 FT
[c1782] A collection of psalm tunes. A new edition with supplement (P242.2); 2 FTs
[c1784] A collection of psalm tunes. A new edition with supplement (4th edn) (P242.4); 2 FTs
[c1790] A collection of psalm tunes 5th edn, with additions by S. Major (P242.5); 5 FTs, 1 new, 2 joint

Smith, John (fl 1748-55)

Psalmodist of Market Lavington, Wiltshire (John and Victoria Taylor)

[1748] A set of services, anthems and psalm tunes (P133)
1751 Book the second. Containing twelve anthems and twelve psalm tunes (P143a)
1755 Book the third, containing twelve anthems and twelve psalm tunes (P154)
[c1760] A 1st set of services, anthems and psalm tunes (later edn of P133)
[c1760] A set of services ..., London (later edn of P143a)
[c1760] A third set of services ... (later edn of P154)

Smith, Theodore

'Employed by Handel as a transcriber, and the only person to whom that great master is known to have given musical instructions. The tune Foundling's was probably composed for that Hospital: it is in their Collection.' (Psalmo-Doxologia)

Sreeve, John (fl 1740)

Psalmodist of Oxford and London

1740 The divine music scholar's guide (P118); 1 FT
1741 The divine music scholar's guide 2nd edn; 1 FT
1741 The Oxfordshire harmony vol III (P121)

Stafford, Rev. Dr Jn. (d 1800)

'A respectable dissenting minister, and 42 years pastor of the Independent Church in New Broad Street. He was a great admirer of church music, and encouraged it among his young people. Dr S. died in 1800, aged 72.' (Psalmo-Doxologia)

Stanley, Samuel (1767-1822)

A Birmingham cellist and psalmodist, who was Precentor of Carr's Lane Congregational Chapel, and later of Ebenezer Chapel, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham. (Fynn Titford-Mock)

1802 Twenty-four tunes in Four Parts, Adapted for the Organ Piano-Forte &c. Composed Chiefly to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns

[c.1835] Psalm and Hymn Tunes, composed and arranged for four voices, with an accompaniment for the organ or pianoforte, published Z. T. Purday, London

Stansfield, Ely (fl 1714-31)

Yorks psalmodist

1714 Psalmody epitomiz'd, York (P65)
1731 Psalmody epitomiz'd 2nd edn, London

Stephenson, Joseph (fl 1760-75)

Psalmodist of Poole, Dorset

[c1758] An anthem taken out of the 44 chap. of Isaiah (P168); 1 new FT
1760 Church harmony sacred to devotion 3rd edn (P171); 24 new FTs
[c1775] Church harmony sacred to devotion 4th edn; 24 FTs
[c1775] The musical companion (P227); 2 FTs, 1 new

Street, Josiah (fl 1730-46)

Psalmodist of Almondbury, Yorks WR

[c1730] A book containing great variety of anthems ... likewise, a sett of psalm-tunes (P100)
1746 A book containing great variety of anthems ... likewise, a set of psalm-tunes 2nd edn (P129)
1785 A collection of anthems, Carlisle (later edn of P129)

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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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