Wesley, a not­ed or­gan­ist and the­a­ter con­duct­or, was a grand­son of hymn­ist Charles Wes­ley. Sam­u­el’s mu­sic­al ca­reer be­gan as a choir boy in the Cha­pel Roy­al and St. Paul’s. In 1826, he be­gan serv­ing as an or­gan­ist, and start­ed com­pos­ing re­li­gious mu­sic. He played the or­gan at Here­ford (where he eloped with the Dean’s daugh­ter), Exeter, Leeds par­ish church, Win­ches­ter, and Glou­ces­ter. In ad­di­tion, he taught at the Roy­al Acad­e­my, be­gin­ning in 1850. He wrote about 38 an­thems, and worked on ma­ny hymns.

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Music

1. Alcester
2. Alleluia
3. Almsgiving
4. Aurelia
5. Brecknock
6. Cambridge
7. Colchester
8. Communion
9. Cornwall
10. Day-Star
11. Ellingham
12. Engedi
13. Epiphany
14. Eternity
15. Grosvenor
16. Harewood
17. Hawarden
18. Hereford
19. Hornsey
20. Houghton-le-Spring
21. Leyden
22. Morning
23. Reliance
24. Snohomish
25. St. Michael New
26. Stafford
27. Wetherby
28. Willingham
29. Winscott