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*[[Fluvanna (Merit Woodruff)|He rides upon the winged wind]] | *[[Fluvanna (Merit Woodruff)|He rides upon the winged wind]] | ||
*[[Beaufort (Merit Woodruff)|How vain are all things here below]] | *[[Beaufort (Merit Woodruff)|How vain are all things here below]] | ||
*[[Justification (Merit Woodruff)|I shall behold the face]] | |||
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*[[Phalia (Merit Woodruff)|In pleasure's flowery path to stray]] | *[[Phalia (Merit Woodruff)|In pleasure's flowery path to stray]] | ||
*[[Watertown (Merit Woodruff)|Let earth and ocean know]] | *[[Watertown (Merit Woodruff)|Let earth and ocean know]] | ||
*[[Rowland (Merit Woodruff)|Lord, we have heard thy works of old]] | *[[Rowland (Merit Woodruff)|Lord, we have heard thy works of old]] | ||
*[[Sincerity (Merit Woodruff)|My never-ceasing song shall show]] | *[[Sincerity (Merit Woodruff)|My never-ceasing song shall show]] | ||
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*[[Montville (Merit Woodruff)|O, the sharp pangs of smarting pain]] | *[[Montville (Merit Woodruff)|O, the sharp pangs of smarting pain]] | ||
*[[Pomfret (Merit Woodruff)|Think, mighty God, on feeble man]] | |||
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Revision as of 00:20, 19 May 2018
Life
Born: 17 June 1780, Watertown, Connecticut
Died: 26 June 1799, Watertown, Connecticut
Biography
Merit Woodruff was a composer, who died tragically of drowning at age 19. He was a student of Asahel Benham, who arranged for his works to be published after his death.
There is no Wikipedia article on Merit Woodruff.
List of choral works
A. LISTED BY TITLE
- 1. Psalm-tunes
- 2. Set pieces
B. LISTED BY FIRST LINE
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Publications
- Woodruff, Merit. 1800. Devotional Harmony: A posthumous work of Merit N. Woodruff, late of Watertown (Connecticut), deceased. Published by his relatives and friends, under the inspection of Asahel Benham. Watertown, Connecticut: Asahel Benham. 59 pp.
References
- Kroeger, Karl. 1995. Two Connecticut Composers: The Collected Works of Asahel Benham and Merit Woodruff. New York: Garland. 166 pp.
External links
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