Havergal's Psalmody and Century of Chants - Frances Ridley Havergal
Rev. William Henry Havergal (1793-1870) was the foremost church musician and composer of sacred music in England in his generation, as Lowell Mason and other contemporaries would have confirmed; a leading reformer of church music, W.H.H. did much to raise the level of singing in worship services. A very gifted pianist and organist, he published over 50 compositions, for example The Grand Chant in Forty Different Forms, Opus 52, in 1867. His priority was to be a pastor, truly a heart work, and he..