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    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...
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    in the mid-18th century. Many teachers, such as Michael Beesly and William Tans'ur sold their own psalmody, and borrowed freely from each other. In addition...
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    Anleitung zum Generalbass und zur Composition Compendium Harmonicum William Tans'ur – The Psalm-Singer's Jewel January 10 – Johan Rudolf Zumsteeg, German...
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  • Johann Kirnberger, music theorist/violist (born 1721) October 7 – William Tans'ur, composer, teacher and arranger of hymn tunes (born c.1706) October...
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  • American wine critic Tommy Tanzer, former American baseball agent William Tans'ur (born Tanzer, 1706 – 1783), English hymn-writer, composer and teacher...
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    Bodmer, Swiss author (b. 1698) January 7 – William Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. 1706) January 15 – William Alexander, Lord Stirling, American major-general...
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  • politician (d. 1785) November 6 Pierre Soubeyran, Swiss engraver (d. 1775) William Tans'ur, English hymn-writer, composer and teacher of music (d. 1783) November...
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    politician (d. 1785) November 6 Pierre Soubeyran, Swiss engraver (d. 1775) William Tans'ur, English hymn-writer, composer and teacher of music (d. 1783) November...
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    Anonymous – The Compleat Tutor for the French Horn (London: John Simpson) William Tans'ur – A New Musical Grammar January 11 – František Adam Míča, Czech composer...
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    Hospital, now Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, by John Calvin Stevens. The William Arnold House of 1856, an Italianate style mansion and home to author Stephen...
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    footballer Katharine Merry, (born 1974) retired athlete, sports commentator William Tans'ur, (1706–1783) 18th-century hymnwriter In 1987, Dunchurch was twinned...
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    though it drew on the practice of West Gallery music composers such as William Tans'ur and Aaron Williams. Many of these composers were amateurs, and many...
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  • 18 December – Mary Anne Whitby, scientist (died 1850) 7 January – William Tans'ur, English hymnist (born 1700) 6 February – Capability Brown, landscape...
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  • L'art du facteur d'orgues [first of four volumes] (Paris: Author) William Tans'ur – The Elements of Musick Display'd February 24 – Samuel Wesley, organist...
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  • learned composition from composers of West gallery music such as William Tans'ur's A New Musical Grammar' (1746) and Aaron Williams. Their books were...
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  • 3d ed., Boston, 1767 (an unauthorized compilation of music from William Tans'ur's Royal Melody Complete and Williams's Universal Psalmodist; subsequent...
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    library membership required) "William Ennis Thomson". The College Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2021. Benjamin, William (2001). "Berry, Wallace". Grove...
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    Bodmer, Swiss author (b. 1698) January 7 – William Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. 1706) January 15 – William Alexander, Lord Stirling, American major-general...
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