Author:William Hayman Cummings

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William Hayman Cummings
(1831–1915)

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English musician, tenor and organist at Waltham Abbey and musical antiquary

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This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "W. H. C."

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This author wrote articles for the A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Articles written by this author are designated in the DMM by the initials "W. H. C."

255474Q3827349William Hayman CummingsWilliam HaymanCummingsWilliam Hayman CummingsEnglish musician, tenor and organist at Waltham Abbey and musical antiquary

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This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "W. H. C."

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This author wrote articles for the A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Articles written by this author are designated in the DMM by the initials "W. H. C."

• The Rudiments of Music (1877)
• Purcell (1881) (external scan)
• Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1892)
• God save the king; the origin, and history of the music and words of the national anthem (1902) (external scan)
• Handel (1904)
• Dr. Arne and Rule, Britannia (1912) (external scan)
• Handel, the Duke of Chandos, and The Harmonious Blacksmith (1915)
• Catalogue of the Famous Musical Library of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Musical Scores, Etc., the Property of the Late W. H. Cummings (1917)

• Locke, Matthew
• Oliphant, Thomas
• O'Neill, William Chichester
• Ouseley, Frederick Arthur Gore

• "Death of Dr. Cummings, Singer, Conductor, And Composer," in The Times (1915)
• "Cummings, William Hayman," by George Grove in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (v. 1, p. 423), (ed.) by George Grove, London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd. (1900)

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