Henry Fleetwood Sheppard
Henry Fleetwood Sheppard (London, February 5, 1824 — November 1901) was an English clergyman. He collaborated on the collection Church Songs (1884) with Sabine Baring-Gould.[1][2]
Sheppard also collaborated with Baring-Gould on Songs of the West, which contains folk songs from Devon and Cornwall. Songs of the West was published by Methuen in conjunction with Watey and Willis; the first edition appeared both as a four part set, undated, and as one volume dated 1895. In a new edition songs omitted from the first edition were listed, and the music was edited by Cecil Sharp. The second edition mentions the third collaborator, the Rev. Dr. F. W. Bussell, a scholarly eccentric who later became Vice-President of Brasenose College, Oxford. Sheppard was Rector of Thurnscoe, Yorkshire, and his parochial duties limited the amount of time he could spend on the work. In Plymouth City Library are two manuscript volumes containing the material as collected, in all 202 songs with music. In the published work it was necessary to bowdlerise some songs so that the book would be acceptable to respectable Victorians.[3]
References
- ^ Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain ed. Robert Evans, Maggie Humphreys 1441137963 1997 - Page 20 "In 1884 he published a collection Church Songs, in collaboration with Revd. Henry Fleetwood Sheppard. 159 of his books were published, and he is said to have more catalogue entries in the British Museum than any of his contemporaries."
- ^ Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine Volume 19 1887- Page 307 "Henry Fleetwood Sheppard has recently become widely known through his musical editorship of the two series of "Church Songs," published in England, and circulated to a considerable extent in this country. Mr. Sheppard was born in London, February 5th, 1824, graduated from Cambridge in 1855, and ordained the next year. For many years past he has been the precentor and editor to the Doncaster Church Choral Union, and has published many contributions to church music. He has been a prolific worker in the Gregorian field and his hymn tunes are well known"
- ^ Purcell, William (1957) Onward Christian Soldier. London: Longmans, Green; pp. 145-48
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