Merit Woodruff

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Life

Born: 17 June 1780, Watertown, Connecticut

Died: 26 June 1799, Watertown, Connecticut

Biography

Merit Woodruff was a composer, who died tragically of drowning at age 19. He was a student of Asahel Benham, who arranged for his works to be published after his death.

There is no Wikipedia article on Merit Woodruff.

List of choral works

A. LISTED BY TITLE

1. Psalm-tunes
2. Set pieces

B. LISTED BY FIRST LINE

 
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Publications

  • Woodruff, Merit. 1800. Devotional Harmony: A posthumous work of Merit N. Woodruff, late of Watertown (Connecticut), deceased. Published by his relatives and friends, under the inspection of Asahel Benham. Watertown, Connecticut: Asahel Benham. 59 pp.

References

  • Kroeger, Karl. 1995. Two Connecticut Composers: The Collected Works of Asahel Benham and Merit Woodruff. New York: Garland. 166 pp.

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