Uriah Davenport

Life

Born: c1690

Died: 1784

Biography
Uriah Davenport was a composer of parochial psalmody (West Gallery music) and a member of the choir at Rushton Spencer chapel in the parish of Leek, Staffordshire during the eighteenth century.

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List of choral works

• The man is blest that hath not lent
• O come, let us with one accord
• Sing ye with praise unto the Lord
• Why did the Gentiles tumults raise?
• Ye men on earth, in God rejoice

 
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Publications

• The Psalm-Singer’s Pocket Companion: 1st edition 1755; 2nd edition 1758; 3rd edition (retitled The Psalm-Singer’s Companion) 1785.

External links

• Uriah Davenport and the Psalm Singers of Rushton, Staffs by Nigel Tringham