William Tans'ur
English hymn-writer, psalmodist, music teacher
Died when: 76 years 335 days (923 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
William Tans'ur (or Tansur, Tanzer, Letansur) (6 November 1706, Dunchurch – 7 October 1783, St.Neots) 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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