The British Musical Biography

[E] Mather, Samuel, organist and composer,
son of William blather, was born at Sheffield
in 1783. Organist of St. James' Church,
Sheffield, 1799; St. Paul's, Sheffield, 1808.
Bandmaster of the Sheffield Volunteers, 1805.
He died at Edinburgh, May 26, 1824. Com-
piled a Book of Psalm Tunes, and assisted
Cotterill in the compilation of his "Christian
Psalmody." He also composed glees, songs,
Te Deum, numerous hymns, etc.

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