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54:). They comprise 17 settings of metrical psalm and hymn texts (8 in the first book and 9 in the second), with orchestral and keyboard accompaniments, and are dedicated to 55: 388: 358: 363: 70: 125:
Commercial recordings of two of Foster's works, with full orchestral accompaniments, have been made by the group 'Psalmody' conducted by
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and amateur musician. He composed two books of sacred music in a 19th-century classical style published between 1817 and 1822,
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are sung in the South Yorkshire pub carolling tradition (for example, at the Fountain Inn at
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choirs and bands from parish churches in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Foster is now best known as the composer of a tune known as
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by Samuel Knapton (the father of the organist and composer
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sung to the 'Old Foster' or Ps. 47 tune, while their CD
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High Green
Ecclesfield
West Riding of Yorkshire
coroner
York
Philip Knapton
Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough
Sheffield Local Studies Library
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Ingbirchworth
Castleton, Derbyshire
Philip Doddridge
Psalm 47
metrical version by John Hopkins
'west gallery'
Alfred Gatty
Peter Holman
"Hymn Tune Index, source reference FostJSM1"
"Hymn Tune Index, source reference FostJSM2"
ISBN
0193533227
ISBN
978-0952487166
ISBN
0193533227
"While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Foster) – from CDH55325 – Hyperion Records"
"The God of Gods, the Lord, hath call'd (Foster) – from CDA67150 – Hyperion Records"
Free scores by John Foster
Choral Public Domain Library
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