John Wyeth
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Life
Born: 31 March 1770, Cambridge-MA, USA
Died: 23 January 1858, Philadelphia-PA, USA
Biography
American printer, publisher and composer. Before 1792, he was manager of a printing company, Santo Domingo. In 1792, he returned to America, and settled in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he became involved in the publishing business and co-owned a newspaper (The Oracle of Dauphin). Married Louisa Weiss in 1793. He was Postmaster General to President George Washington, 1793-98.
List of choral works
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Publications
- 1810. Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music. Second Edition 1811, Fourth Edition 1816. Fifth Edition 1818.
- 1813. Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second. Second Edition 1820.
- Gerhart, Isaac, and Johann Eyer, Editors. 1818. Choral-Harmonie, enthaltend Kirchen-Melodien. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: John Wyeth. Second edition 1822.