Composers

Oliver Shaw

Voice
Piano
Organ
Mixed chorus
Flute
Violin
Harp
Clarinet
Bassoon
Cello
Religious music
Song
Sacred songs
Sacred hymns
Hymn
Marche
Psalms
Airs
Dance
Anthem
by popularity
A Selection of Marches, Airs, Minuets, etc.All Things Fair and Bright are ThineAs Down in the Sunless RetreatsMary's TearsMelodia SacraMourn, Mourn, Columbia, Mourn!Musical OlioThe Bangor MarchThe bird let looseThe Blue BirdThe Columbian Sacred HarmonistThe Mercy SeatThe Providence Selection of Psalm and Hymn TunesThere's nothing true but heaven'Tis to the East the Hebrew bends
Wikipedia
Oliver Shaw (March 13, 1779 – December 31, 1848), was one of the first American composers.
Shaw was born at Newport, Rhode Island. A childhood accident and later yellow fever caused him to go totally blind. He studied with organist John Berkenhead and later with Gottlieb Graupner. After studies, he started his musical career in Boston and in Providence where he remained an important musical figure until his death.
One of his students was Lowell Mason. In 1810, Shaw together with his friends founded Psallonian Society "for the purpose of improving themselves in the knowledge and practice of sacred music and inculcating a more correct taste in the choice and performance of it" based in Providence.
His publications include five volumes of his own music and contributions to others. Many compositions, he wrote, were based on poems by Thomas Moore.
He died at Providence, Rhode Island.