Charles Henry Purday (1799 - 1885) was an English
composer and vocalist. He was appointed conductor of
psalmody at Crown Court Scots Church in Covent Garden,
London, in the 1840's, during the ministry of Dr. John
Cumming. Dr. Cumming?s church was so popular that it
was said traffic could not move in Bow Street and Drury
Lane for the throng of carriages making their way to
the services. Purday was a fine vocalist and had sung
at the coronation of Queen Victoria. He became a
publisher of music, an...(+)
Charles Henry Purday (1799 - 1885) was an English
composer and vocalist. He was appointed conductor of
psalmody at Crown Court Scots Church in Covent Garden,
London, in the 1840's, during the ministry of Dr. John
Cumming. Dr. Cumming?s church was so popular that it
was said traffic could not move in Bow Street and Drury
Lane for the throng of carriages making their way to
the services. Purday was a fine vocalist and had sung
at the coronation of Queen Victoria. He became a
publisher of music, and was a pioneer in the movement
for the reform of the law in regard to musical
copyright. In 1854 he published Crown Court Psalmody:
One hundred Psalm Tunes and Chants, and in 1857 The
Church and Home Tune Book, in which the tune
“Sandon” first appeared. In Britain it quickly
became associated with Newman's "Lead, Kindly
Light".
His works include: The Sacred Musical Offering (1833),
Crown Court Psalmody: One Hundred Psalm Tunes and
Chants (1854), A Few Directions for Chanting (1855), A
Church and Home Tune Book (1857) and
Copyright, a Sketch of Its Rise and Progress (1877).
Although originally composed for Chorus, I created this
Interpretation of "God of Our Life, Through all the
Circling Years" for Brass Quintet (Bb Trumpet.
Flugelhorn, Trombone, French Horn & Tuba).
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