Tans'ur, William, active 1710-1763, composer and music theorist

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creatorOf VERSIFIED PSALM TUNES; 1710-1762. A composite volume of psalm tunes and other material. There are several marks of ownership, from which it appears that the two main components of the book, the printed collection of Psalm tunes for St Laurence Church..., 1710-1762 British Library
creatorOf MS Mus. 144. ANTHEMS AND PSALM SETTINGS; 1763. Ink, written in the same hand throughout, on four ruled staves to the page. On f. i, the same hand has copied the inscription from the memorial to Henry Purcell in Westminster Abbey. The composer is not ..., 1763 British Library
creatorOf PSALM TUNES; after 1747. Written on blank leaves of William Tans’ur’s publication The Royal Psalmodist Compleat ([Rugby?], [1747?]). The copy, which is printed on one side of the leaf only, is wanting the title page and pages between ff. 7 and 8. ff.... British Library
creatorOf PSALM TUNES; after 1742. Written on blank leaves of William Tans’ur’s publication The Royal Psalmodist Compleat ([Rugby?], [1742?]). The copy, which is printed on one side of the leaf only, is wanting the title page, and the pages are not bound in th... British Library
creatorOf ‘AN ANTHEM TAKEN OUT OF Ye 145 PSALM’; after 1742. Written on the final pages (ff. 91v-92) of a printed edition of William Tans’ur’s The Royal Psalmodist Compleat (Rugby: Engraved, and Printed by the Author, 1742), in a contemporary hand. The treble ... British Library
referencedIn PSALM TUNES; early 19th century. Added to William Tans’ur’s Melodia sacra ([St. Neots?]: Engraved, and printed by the Author, and his Son, 1768). An imperfect copy, lacking the title page and several other leaves, with many of the remainder fragmenta... British Library
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