- Moore, Thomas
[E] Moore, Thomas, music teacher, who
resided in Manchester about 1740-50. He
became resident in Glasgow in latter half of
the 18th century, and in June, 1755, became
precentor of Blackfriars Church. On Novem-
ber 22, 1756, he was appointed by the magis-
trates teacher of the free music classes in
Hutcheson's Hospital. He was also a book-
seller in Princes Street and Stockwell Street,
and died in Glasgow about 1792. He compiled
" The Psalm-Singer's Divine Companion,"
Manchester, 1750, 2 vols., of which another
edition was issued in the same year as " Psalm-
Singer's Compleat Tutor and Divine Com-
panion," Manchester, 2 vols. " The Psalm-
Singer's Pocket Companion, containing great
variety of the best English Psalm-Tunes,
suited to the different metres in the Scotch
Version of the Psalms of David, set in three
and four parts ; likewise all the tunes that
are usually sung in most parts of Scotland ;
with a plain and easy introduction to Mu-
sick . . ," Glasgow, 1756. " The Psalm-Singer's
Delightful Pocket Companion. Containing
a Plain and Easy Introduction to Psalmody,
and an Introduction explaining more at large
the grounds of Music in general. Illustrated
with great variety of Tables, Scales, and
Initial Lessons..," Glasgow, n.d. [1762].
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