RUFUS FROST
Rufus Frost (b. Groton, Mass., ca. 5 June 1774; d. Medford, Mass., 10 April 1812) was a composer. This is apparently the Rufus Frost who was a son of John and Mindwell Bigelow Frost. A Capt. Rufus Frost of Medford, age thirty-eight, died in April of 1812 after falling from a cart.
Bio-bib. Also Frost 1926, p. 169, 171-72; Medford Records 1907, P. 375.
ThE MEDFORD HARMONY, 1805
ASMI 197
The Medford Harmony: containing an anthem for Thanksgiving, and a number of psalm tunes for publick worship, never before published. By Rufus Frost. Boston:-printed by J. T. Buckingham, for the author.-Nov. 1805.
23, [1] p. 13.5 x 22.5 cm.
P. [1], t-p.; p. [2] blank; p. [3]-23, music; p. [24], 'Index.'
18 compositions, incl. I anthem, for 3 & 4 voices; full text. Attribs. to Babcock, Whittemore; t-p. indicates the rest are by Frost. 115 1st pr. identified (all except LONDON, PSALM 145, REVIVING HOPE). All are American. No Core Repertory.
S8491 (MB). CtY, MB*.
ASMI p. 281.