Tomothy Swan
Born: 23rd July 1758, Worcester, England
Died: 1842, Northfield, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality: American
Timothy Swan was a Yankee tunesmith and hatmaker born in Worcester, Massachusetts. The son of goldsmith William Swan, Swan lived in small towns along the Connecticut River in Connecticut and Massachusetts for most of his life. Swan's compositional output consisted mostly of psalm and hymn settings, referred to as psalmody. These tunes and settings were produced for choirs and singing schools located in Congregationalist communities of New England. Swan is unique among early American composers in that he composed secular vocal duets and songs in addition to sacred tunebook music.
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