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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
'''Born:''' 17 June 1780, Watertown, Connecticut | '''Born:''' 17 June 1780, Watertown, Connecticut | ||
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'''Biography''' | '''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. | 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. | There is no Wikipedia article on Merit Woodruff. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 23 October 2022
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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