William Tans'ur

William Tans'ur

William Tans'ur (or Tansur or Tanzer) (1700 – January 7, 1783) was an English hymn-writer, psalmodist 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.

Life

Tans'ur was born in Dunchurch, Warwickshire to Edward Tanzer, a labourer, and Joan Alibone. In 1730 he married Elizabeth Butler and moved to Ew­ell, near Epsom. They had at least two sons. He taught psalmody in various plac­es in the south-east of England, before moving to St. Ne­ots, where he worked as a bookseller and music teacher, and spent the last forty years of his life.

Works

* "A Compleat Melody, or The Harmony of Sion", 1734
* "The Melody of the Heart", 1737
* "Heaven on earth, or the Beauty of Holiness", 1738
* "Sacred Mirth, or the Pious Soul's Daily Delight", 1739
* "Poetical Meditations", 1740
* "The Universal Harmony, containing the Whole Book of Psalms", 1743
* "The Royal Melody Compleat", 1754–5 (8 editions, revised as "The American Harmony", 1771)
* "The Psalm Singer's Jewel, or Useful Companion to the Book of Psalms", 1760
* "Melodia Sacra, or the Devout Psalmist's Musical Companion", 1771
* "The Elements of Music Displayed", 1772

External links

* [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/t/a/tansur_w.htm Cyberhymnal article] with portrait and links to MIDI files of hymn tunes


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