William Tans'ur

English hymn-writer, psalmodist, music teacher (1706-1783) · Musicians · Died at 76

William Tans'ur was an English hymn-writer, composer of West gallery music, and teacher of music. His output includes approximately a hundred hymn tunes and psalm settings and a Te Deum. His manual A New Musical Grammar (1746) was still popular in the nineteenth century.

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