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shelwin
14-02-2005, 4:54 PM
John Arnold was a musician, psalmodist and itinerant singing master whose books of psalmody in the 1750s-60s had Great Warley, Essex, appended to his name in the preface. He had connections to the old parish church there, which had a singing gallery at the west end, and he was probably in charge of the village choir, or singing society, of the time.

However, he probably also had connections with Leicestershire, because in about 1765 he published a book of psalmody entitled The Leicestershire Harmony, and was thought to have lived there for some while, describing himself as a resident. The names of the tunes are all of Leicestershire towns and villages.

So far the IGI has revealed little if anything of him, and apart from what can be gleaned froim his printed books (which is little more than i have written) the trail has so far stopped here.

Any thoughts, anyone?

Edwin

Guy Etchells
14-02-2005, 6:19 PM
A search on Google for psalmody "john arnold" gives 145 results. There could be further information and leads hidden on those pages
Cheers
Guy

shelwin
23-03-2005, 4:09 PM
Thanks, Guy, but unfortunately all the references either i know of already, and produce very little further information, or they are to unknown Arnolds and Johns which have no connection at all!

By the way, is it possible to do a Boolean search on Google (or any other engine for that matter)?

Edwin

Guy Etchells
23-03-2005, 7:15 PM
Yes certainly this is explained at
http://www.google.co.uk/help/refinesearch.html
Cheers
Guy