The British Musical Biography

[E] Mitchison William, musician and pub-
lisher, was born about 1809. He was a
music publisher in Glasgow till about 1854,
when he went to America. He died at
Brooklyn, July 1, 1867. He issued The
Psalmist's Companion, a collection of devo-
tional harmony for the use of Presbyterian
Churches, selected from the works of Steven,
Robertson, R. A. Smith, etc., Glasgow, n.d.
[c. 1843]. A few Remarks on the Pianoforte,
giving details of the mechanical construction
of that instrument, etc., Glasgow, 1845.
Selection of Sacred Music, n.d. R. A.

[+] Smith's anthems, edited Glasgow, n.d. The
Garland of Scotia, 1841. Handbook of the
Songs of Scotland, with music and descrip-
tive historical notes ... to which is added a
biographical sketch of the life of the late
John Wilson, the celebrated Scottish vocalist,
Glasgow, n.d.

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