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William Tans'ur

William Tans'ur
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Short Name: William Tans'ur
Full Name: Tans'ur, William, 1699?-1783
Birth Year (est.): 1699
Death Year: 1783

William Tansur, b. about 1700, Dunchurch of Barnes; d. 1783, St. Neots Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908
Also known as Tansur; Tanzer; le Tansur

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by William Tans'ur (16)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
ANGELS' HYMNTansur (Composer)213123 43211 34525
BANGOR (Tansur)William Tans'ur (Composer)5153215 17655 56765
[Behold the glories of the Lamb]William Tans'ur (Composer)155555 55567 12345
COLCHESTER (Tans’ur)William Tans’ur (Composer)011765 43215 567
WALSALL (Purcell)Tansur (Composer)113215 54321 32171
EPSOM (Arnold)William Tans'ur (Composer)212321 67112 34532
GROTON (Tans'ur)William Tans'ur (Composer)053213 53253 12132
MEARWilliam Tansur (Composer)115533 13223 15455
PLYMOUTH (Tan'sur)Tansur (Composer)1
ROTHWELL (Tans'ur)W. Tansur (Composer)5013515 43212 34556
ST. ANDREW (Tans'ur)William Tans'ur (Composer)4213323 21713 5432
ST. ANNEWilliam Tansur, 1700-1783 (Composer)153651 17151 5645
ST. MARTIN'S (Tansur 11215)William Tansur (Composer)20211215 12334 54312
ST. MARTINS (Tansur 51715)William Tans'ur (Composer)1351715 64223 56457
ST. THOMAS (Williams)Wm. Tansur (Composer)6451132 12345 43432
OLNEY (Mason)William Tansur (1699-1774) 1743 (Composer)155434 51114 32554

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