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Charles Swain
1801 - 1874 Author of "How sweet, how heavenly is the sight" in Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.)
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Deodotus Dutton
1808 - 1832 Person Name: Deodatus Dutton, Jr. Composer of "[How sweet and heav'nly is the sight]" in Crown of Gold Dutton, Deodatus, jun., b. cir. 1810, was a native of Monson, Massachusetts, U.S. He was a Licentiate of the third Presbytery, New York, but died before ordination, about 1832. His hymns in common use are:—
1. On Thibet's snow-capt mountain. Missions. This appeared in pt. ii. of the Christian Lyrics, 1831, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines. It is an imitation of Bp. Heber's “From Greenland's icy mountains."
2. O where can the soul find relief from its foes. Heaven. The date and first published of this hymn is uncertain. It is given, together with the above, in the Plymouth Collection, 1855. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Born: December 22, 1808, Monson, Massachusetts.
Died: December 16, 1832, New York City.
Buried: Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, New York.
By age 14, Dutton was playing the organ at Center Church in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended Brown University and Washington (now Trinity) College (graduated 1828), and was licensed to preach by the Third Presbytery of New York. However, he never received a pastorate, and was still pursuing his studies at the time of his death. His works include:
The American Psalmody, 1829, with Elam Ives, Jr.
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
Deodotus Dutton
John T. Layton
Person Name: J. T. Layton Composer of "METROPOLITAN" in African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book
John T. Layton
H. W. Greatorex
1813 - 1858 Person Name: Greatorex Composer of "MANOAH" in Song-Land Messenger Complete Henry Wellington Greatorex United Kingdom 1813-1858. Born at Burton upon Trent, England, he received a thorough musical education from his father, Thomas Greatorex, who was for many years organist of Westminster Abbey, and conductor of the London concerts of ancient music. Henry became a composer, author, compiler, editor, and arranger of music. He emigrated to the U.S. In 1839. In 1849 he married artist Eliza Pratt, and they had four children: Elizabeth, Kathleen, Thomas, and Francis Henry. Prior to settling in New York City as a music teacher and organist at Calvary Church, he played at churches in Hartford, CT, including Center Church and St Johns Episcopal Church in West Hartford, CT. He frequently sang in oratorios and concerts. For some years he was also organist and conductor of the choir at St. Paul's Chapel. In 1853 he was an organist at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC. He did much to advance the standard of sacred music in the U.S. In days when country singing school teachers imposed more rudimentary melodies on hymn books. He published a collection of “Psalm & hymn tunes, chants, anthems & sentences” (Boston 1851). He died of yellow fever in Charleston, SC.
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H. W. Greatorex
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