Merit Woodruff
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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.
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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.
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