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James Nares
1715 - 1783 Composer of "AYNHOE" in Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) Born: April 19, 1715, Stanwell, Middlesex, England.
Died: February 10, 1783.
Buried: St. Margaret’s, Westminster, England.
After his family moved to Oxford, Nares became a chorister in the Chapel Royal. He later became deputy organist at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; organist in York Cathedral (1734); and organist in the Royal Chapel and composer to the king (1756). He received a doctorate of music degree from Cambridge University in 1756. In 1770, the Catch Club awarded him a prize for his glee To All Lovers of Harmony.
Sources:
Frost, p. 683
Nutter, p. 462
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/n/a/r/nares_j.htm
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Violet Ker Seymer
1860 - 1954 Person Name: V. K. S. Author of "As sings the mountain stream" in Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) Ker Seymer, Violet. (Paris, France, 1860--1954). English parents. Educated by tutors and in private schools in Paris, Dresden and Brussels. She was a Christian Science teacher, lecturer and editor, also a practitioner from 1902 to 1954.
--Joan E. Wilson, DNAH Archives
Violet Ker Seymer
