Henry Fleetwood Sheppard (London, 5 February 1824 – November 1901) was an English clergyman who collaborated on the collectionChurch Songs (1884) withSabine Baring-Gould.[1][2]
Born in London on 5 February 1824, Sheppard graduated fromCambridge University in 1855 and was ordained as anAnglican minister the next year. For many years, he was theprecentor and editor to the Doncaster Church Choral Union. Sheppard eventually became the Rector ofThurnscoe inSouth Yorkshire
Sheppard published many pieces of church music, includingGregorian chants and hymns.Sheppard also collaborated with Baring-Gould onSongs of the West, which containsfolk songs fromDevon andCornwall.Songs of the West was published byMethuen Publishing in conjunction with Watey and Willis; the first edition appeared both as a four-part set, undated, and as one volume dated 1895.
A new edition contained songs that were omitted from first edition, with the music being edited byCecil Sharp. The second edition mentions the third collaborator, the Rev. Dr. F. W. Bussell. ThePlymouth City Library collection includes two manuscript volumes with 202 songs with music. The publishers censored the language in some of the songs so that they would not offend theVictorian audience.[3]
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