Horace Waters

Life

Born: 1 November 1812, Jefferson, Maine

Died: 22 April 1893

Biography

American 19th-century hymn publisher and frequent collaborator with Stephen Foster and Susan McFarland Parkhurst. He was ardent in Abolitionism and Prohibitionism.

View the Wikipedia article on Horace Waters.

Publications

• The An­ni­ver­sa­ry and Sun­day School Mu­sic Book, Nos. 1–5 (New York: Hor­ace Wa­ters, 1858)
• The West­min­ster Col­lec­tion of Sab­bath School Hymns and Tunes (New York: Hor­ace Wa­ters, 1858)
• The Sab­bath School Bell (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1859)
• The Re­viv­al Mu­sic Book (New York: Hor­ace Wa­ters, 1860)
• Sabbath School Bell No. 2 (New York: Hor­ace Wa­ters, 1860)
• Waters’ Chor­al Harp (New York: Hor­ace Wa­ters, 1863)
• Waters' Golden Harp for Sunday Schools (New York, Horace Waters, 1863)
• The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School (Horace Waters, New York, 1863)
• Heavenly Ech­oes, A New Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Sunday Schools and Social Meetings (New York: C. M. Tre­maine, 1867)