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Isaac Watts

Often called the daddy of English Hymnody, Isaac W profoundly influenced the church music of both England and America. Frail and unpleasant of body, but precocious and razor-sharp of intellect, W singlehandedly might have shifted the practice in English-speaking Protestant churches from metrical Psalms to congregational hymns. W was created …

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