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Hugh E. Smith

Composer of "[Give thanks to God, call on His name]" in The Cyber Hymnal

1734 - 1805 Person Name: Isaac Smith, 1734-1805 Composer of "ABRIDGE (ST STEPHEN)" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Isaac Smith; published "A Collection of Psalm Tunes" about 1770 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Robert Archibald Smith

1780 - 1829 Person Name: Robert Archibald Smith, 1780-1829 Composer of "ST MIRREN" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Although largely self-taught, Robert A. Smith (b. Reading, Berkshire, England, 1780; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1829) was an excellent musician. By the age of ten he played the violin, cello, and flute, and was a church chorister. From 1802 to 1817 he taught music in Paisley and was precentor at the Abbey; from 1823 until his death he was precentor and choirmaster in St. George's Church, Edinburgh. He enlarged the repertoire of tunes for psalm singing in Scotland, raised the precentor skills to a fine art, and greatly improved the singing of the church choirs he directed. Smith published his church music in Sacred Harmony (1820, 1825) and compiled a six-volume collection of Scottish songs, The Scottish Minstrel (1820-1824). Bert Polman