Short Name: | Martin Madan |
Full Name: | Madan, Martin, 1726-1790 |
Birth Year: | 1726 |
Death Year: | 1790 |
Madan, Martin, son of Colonel Martin Madan, and brother of Dr. Spencer Madan, sometime Bishop of Peterborough, was born in 1726. He was to have qualified for the Bar, but through a sermon by J. Wesley on the words "Prepare to meet thy God," the whole current of his life was changed. After some difficulty he received Holy Orders, and subsequently founded and became chaplain of the Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Corner. He was popular as a preacher, and had no inconsiderable reputation as a musical composer. He ceased preaching on the publication of his work Thelyphthora, in which he advocated the practice of polygamy. He died in 1790. He published A Commentary on the Articles of the Church of England; A Treatise on the Christian Faith, &c, and:—
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns Extracted from Various Authors, and published by the Reverend Mr. Madan. London, 1760.
This Collection contained 170 hymns thrown together without order or system of any kind. In 1763 he added an Appendix of 24 hymns. This Collection, referred to as Madam’s Psalms & Hymns, had for many years a most powerful influence on the hymnody of the Church of England. Nearly the whole of its contents, together with its extensively altered texts, were reprinted in numerous hymnbooks for nearly one hundred years. At the present time many of the great hymns of the last century are in use as altered by him in 1760 and 1763. Although several hymns have been attributed to him, we have no evidence that he ever wrote one. His hymnological labours were employed in altering, piecing, and expanding the work of others. And in this he was most successful.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Tunes by Martin Madan (17) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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ASHLEY (Madan) | Martin Madan (Composer) | 6 | 51712 32433 235 |
BETHLEHEM (Madan) | Dr. Madan (Composer) | 4 | 55555 65243 55356 |
CHRISTMAS (Madan) | Dr. Madan (Composer) | 2 | 55556 54561 23243 |
DENMARK (Madan) | Dr. Madan (Composer) | 3 | 11111 23222 33333 |
DUNSTAN (Madan) | Dr. Madan (Composer) | 2 | 13143 21536 54332 |
FEVERSHAM | Dr. Madan (Composer) | 2 | 55153 13543 21153 |
[Glory, honor, praise and power] | Martin Madan (Composer) | 3 | 12313 45364 53423 |
HALLIFAX | Dr. Madan (Composer) | 2 | 55654 35432 1512 |
HAMILTON (Madan) | Martin Madan, 1725-1790 (Composer) | 2 | 51253 45317 12317 |
HELMSLEY | Martin Madan (Composer) | 13 | 13517 65671 65435 |
HOTHAM | Martin Madan (Composer) | 4 | 51265 43271 65431 |
HUDDERSFIELD (Madan) | Martin Madan (Composer) | 7 | 15651 43217 12343 |
NANTWICH (Madan) | Dr. Madan (Composer) | 2 | |
PEWSEY | Dr. Madan (Composer) | 2 | 15434 32115 16 |
SILCHESTER (Malan) | M. Madan (Composer) | 2 | 55345 65561 765 |
SOMERSET (Madan) | Dr. Madan (Composer) | 2 | 12316 66553 517 |
THE BANQUET OF LOVE | Dr. Madan (Composer) | 2 | 56153 13543 21156 |