Short Name: | Thomas Clark |
Full Name: | Clark, Thomas, 1775-1859 |
Birth Year: | 1775 |
Death Year: | 1859 |
Baptized: February 5, 1775, Canterbury, Kent, England.
Died: May 30, 1859, at his home in St. George’s Street, Canterbury, Kent, England.
A cobbler and choir trainer, Clark led the singing of the Psalms at the Wesleyan Chapel, Canterbury, and later at the Unitarian Church in Canterbury. It has been claimed he never actually joined the Unitarians, though he sympathized with them, and he resigned from the Methodists. Clark wrote a number of anthems, including "Awake Up, My Glory", "Daughter of Zion" and "Since I Have Placed My Trust." His other works include:
First Sett of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, 1805
Second Sett of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, circa 1810
Congregational Harmonist, 4 volumes (1828 to circa 1835)
The Sacred Gleaner, 1830
The Union Tune-Book, 1837 (co-editor)
Union Harmonist, 1841
Harmonized the second edition of the Union Tune Book for the Sunday School Union, 1842
The Juvenile Harmonist, 1842
David’s Harp—A Series of Original Tunes Composed Expressly to the Psalter, 1843
The Seraphim or Sacred Harmonist, 1843
British Psalmody, with Alexander Hume (Edinburgh, Scotland: 1844)
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
Tunes by Thomas Clark (17)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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ASYLUM (Clark) | T. Clark (Composer) | 2 | 11554 33255 43217 |
BURNHAM (Clark) | Thomas Clark, 1775-1859 (Composer) | 4 | 13516 27151 65434 |
CALCUTTA (51351) | T. Clark (Composer) | 2 | 51351 43236 25123 |
CANTERBURY (Clark) | T. Clark (Composer) | 2 | 15566 54351 11175 |
CONGRESS (11176) | Thomas Clark (Composer) | 1 | 11176 54321 56666 |
CRANBROOK | Thomas Clark (Composer) | 20 | 15654 32151 76565 |
CREDITON (Clark) | Thomas Clark (Composer) | 49 | 51715 65435 67 |
ESSEX (Clark) | Thomas Clark (Composer) | 57 | 16532 54355 67111 |
GARDINER (Clark) | Thomas Clark (Composer) | 2 | |
GREENLAND (Clark) | Thomas Clark (Composer) | 1 | |
MERIDEN (33216) | Thomas Clark (Composer) | 3 | 33216 54315 65432 |
PIETY | Thomas Clark (Composer (attributed to)) | 1 | 11711 32171 56717 |
QUEENBOROUGH | Thomas Clark (Composer) | 2 | 13536 16543 21232 |
MANGER HYMN (Holler) | T. Clark (Composer) | 1 | 51232 12171 56 |
SCOTLAND (Clarke) | Thomas Clark (Composer) | 3 | 55655 13212 35553 |
TRIUMPH (Clark) | Thomas Clark (Composer) | 1 | 53432 11235 43325 |
WARSAW (Clark) | Thomas Clark, 1775-1859 (Composer) | 19 | 15431 53456 71217 |