Composer: Thomas Jarman

From HymnsWithoutWords

Thomas Jarman (1776 - 1861) was an English composer of hymns. He was born in Clipstone, Northamptonshire in England, the son of a tailor. He originally trained to follow in his fa­ther’s trade, but his mu­sic was his first love. As a youth he became a member of the choir of the Bap­tist cha­pel in Clip­stone and soon be­gan writ­ing hymn tunes and an­thems and training choirs. He as­semb­led a number of mu­sic­al col­lect­ions, in­clud­ing: Sac­red Mu­sic, 1803.