The British Musical Biography

[E] Sivewright, John, musician, vyho was
well-known in the north-east of Scotland as
an itinerating teacher of psalmody. He held
the oflfice of precentor in the Parish Church
of Old Meldrum till 1835, and died there
about 1846, a very old man. He travelled all
over the counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and
Kincardine as a teacher of church choirs.
He published " A Collection of Psalm Tunes,
Hymns and Anthems, in three parts, by John
Sivewright, teacher of music. Old Deer. The
4th edition ... Edinburgh, printed for the
author ..." n.d. In the 5th edition, Edin-
burgh about 1815, he describes himself as
"teacher of music, Turriff"; and in yet
another he figures as " teacher of music,
Fordoun." It is therefore jjrobable he had an
edition printed for each of his centres of
operations. They are all little oblong books of
about G4 to 70 pages, and are exceedingly rare.

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