Charles Henry Purday
Music publisher, editor, and composer
About Charles Henry Purday
Lived 1799 – 1885 (aged 85–86). Charles Henry Purday was a music publisher, composer and music editor.
Charles Henry Purday (11 January 1799 – 1885) was a Scottish composer of music for hymns.
Purday was a precentor of the Church of Scotland, and was chosen to sing at the Coronation of Queen Victoria.
Publications Purday, C, H. (ed.), Songs for the young, sacred and moral (1851) Purday, C. H., Crown Court Psalmody (1854) Purday, C. H., Church and Home Metrical Psalter and Hymnal (1860) Purday, C. H. and Havergal, Francis, Songs of Peace and Joy (1879)
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Who was Charles Henry Purday?
music publisher, editor, and composer (1799–1885)
When was Charles Henry Purday born?
Charles Henry Purday was born in 1799 in Folkestone.
When did Charles Henry Purday die?
Charles Henry Purday died in 1885 in Kensington.
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Charles Henry Purday was a music publisher, composer and music editor.
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