Born: Ju­ly 23, 1758, Wor­ces­ter, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Died: Ju­ly 23, 1842, North­field, Mass­a­chu­setts (died on his birth­day).

One of the early American psalmodists, Swan was of Scottish descent. He began to teach music at age seventeen. In 1801, while living in Sheffield, Massachusetts, he published The New England Harmony. After publishing his book, he moved to Vermont, then to Northfield, Massachusetts.

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Music

  1. China
  2. Montague
  3. Poland
  4. Pownal

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