The British Musical Biography

[E] Beattie, James, poet and author, born at
Laurencekirk, October 25, 1735. Professor
of Moral Philosophy, Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1760. He died at Aberdeen, August
18, 1803. Author of "Essays on poetry and
music as they affect the mind, etc.," London,
1776; second edition, 1779. "Letter to the
Rev. Hugh Blair, D.D., on the improvement
of psalmody in Scotland," 1778 ; another
edition, Edinburgh, 1829. Poems, Ethical
works, etc.

[+] His eldest son, James Hay Beattie (born
Aberdeen, 1768 — died 1790) was a violinist,
and amateur musician of great promise.

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