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TAYLOR, Samuel Priestly, musician, born in London, England, in 1779; died in New York city in 1874. He was the eldest son of Reverend James Taylor. In early childhood he was regarded as a musical prodigy, and was placed under the instruction of Dr. William Russell, of Oxford. When twenty-one years old he became organist of Silver street chapel, and afterward of Islington church. He came to this country in 1806, and soon after his arrival in New York was appointed organist of St. Ann's church, where he introduced the custom of chanting. He was afterward organist of Grace church, New York, then of St. Ann's church, Brooklyn, and later at St. George's, New York, and conducted the music at the funeral services of General Richard Montgomery at St. Paul's, New York. In 1818 he removed to Boston, where he was organist of the Old South church, but in 1826 he returned to Brooklyn and resumed his former post at St. Ann's. In 1834 he was appointed organist of St. Paul's, New York. His last performance on the organ was in 1871.
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