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A Collection of Hymn Tunes from the most modern and approved authors

Publication Date: 1783 Publisher: Wm Law Tune Title: WINDHAM Publication Place: Cheshire, Conn.

BIRKSTED

Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 17654 32171 51

CANAAN

Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51212 34346 543

CHESHUNT

Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: d minor Incipit: 51232 17155 43234

W. Burney

Person Name: Burney Tune Title: DORSET Hymnal Number: 6a Composer of "DORSET" in A Collection of Hymn Tunes from the most modern and approved authors

1726 - 1790 Person Name: Dr. Madan Tune Title: HALLIFAX Hymnal Number: 5b Composer of "HALLIFAX" in A Collection of Hymn Tunes from the most modern and approved authors 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) ============================

William Jackson

1730 - 1803 Person Name: W. I. Tune Title: LAUNCESTON Hymnal Number: 10a Composer of "LAUNCESTON" in A Collection of Hymn Tunes from the most modern and approved authors William Jackson of Exeter