The British Musical Biography

[E] Bedford, Arthur, divine and writer, was
born at Tiddenham, Gloucester, September,
1668. Studied at Oxford. Died at London,
1745.

[W] Works. — The Temple Musick, or an Essay
concerning the Method of Singing the Psalms
of David in the Temple before the Babylonish
Captivity, wherein the musick of our Cathe-
drals is vindicated . . . Bristol, 1706 ; Essay on
Singing David's Psalms, 1708; The Great
abuse of Musick, containing an account of the
use and design of Musick among the Antient
Jews, Greeks, Romans, etc., London, 1711 ;
The Excellency of Divine Musick ... to which
is added a specimen of easy grave tunes instead
of those which are used in our profane and
wanton ballads, London, 1733 ; Scripture
Chronology demonstrated by Astronomical
Calculations, London, 1730 ; The Present
State of the Republick of Letters, London,
1730 ; Serious Reflections on the Scandalous
Abuse and Effects of the Stage, Bristol, 1706.

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