The British Musical Biography

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Tattersall, Rev. William DeChair

[E] Tattersall, Rev. William DeChair,
clergyman and musician, was born in 1752.
Rector of Westbourne, Sussex, 1778, and of
Wootten-under-Edge, 1779, where he died on
May 26, 1829. Compiler of " Psalms selected
fronr Merrick's version, the music new and
partly chosen from the works of the most
eminent composers," London, 1791. " Im-
proved Psalmody, with new music," London,
1794; also 1795, 3 vols., and "Improved
Psalmody, the words selected from a poetical
version of tlie Psalms by J. Merrick, the
music adapted from the sacred compositions
of Handel," London, 1802.

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