William Tans'ur, Date of Birth, Date of Death

William Tans'ur

English hymn-writer, psalmodist, music teacher

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1706

Date of Death: 07-Oct-1783

Profession: composer, hymnwriter, musicologist, music theorist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Tans'ur (or Tansur, Tanzer, Letansur) (6 November 1706, Dunchurch – 7 October 1783, St.
Neots) was an English hymn-writer, composer of West gallery music, and teacher of music.
His output includes approximately a hundred hymn tunes and psalm settings and a Te Deum.
His manual A New Musical Grammar (1746) was still popular in the nineteenth century.