Born: No­vem­ber 4, 1785, Well­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Ju­ly 20, 1835, Ho­bo­ken, New Jer­sey.

Emigrating to Amer­i­ca in 1811, Dy­er taught mu­sic and di­rect­ed choirs in New York Ci­ty and Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia. He lat­er moved to Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land, and wrote, con­duct­ed sing­ing schools in the south and east, and con­duct­ed the New York Sac­red Mu­sic So­ci­e­ty. His works inc­lude:

• New Selection of Sac­red Mu­sic, 1817
• The Phil­a­del­phia Col­lect­ion of Sac­red Mu­sic (New York: 1828)
• Anthems, 1822 & 1834

Music

1. Mendon