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Arthur Henry Messiter
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Short Name: Arthur Henry Messiter
Full Name: Messiter, Arthur Henry, 1834-1916
Birth Year: 1834
Death Year: 1916

Arthur H. Messiter (b. Frome, Somersetshire, England, 1834; d. New York, NY, 1916) Educated by private tutors in England, he, immigrated to the United States in 1863 and had an active musical career in Philadelphia, which included an organist position at St. James the Less. At Trinity Church in New York City, he modeled with distinction the British cathedral tradition of music. Messiter was an editor of the Episcopal Hymnal (1893), compiled the Psalter (1889) and Choir Office Book (1891), and wrote a musical history of Trinity Episcopal Church, New York (1906).

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Tunes by Arthur Henry Messiter (4)AsInstancesIncipitsort descending
MARION (Messiter)Arthur H. Messiter (Composer)22215321 23331 23455
CONIGARA. H. Messiter, Mus.Doc. (Composer)215645 65312 35177
MARION (Messiter - Chorus)Arthur H. Messiter (Composer)555555 43232 1
NUNNEYA. H. Messiter, Mus. Doc. (Composer)256151 21712 35543

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