West Gallery Music Association Forum

As Divine Companion was published in 1701, I think I am looking for an earlier Flexman.

Psalm Paraphrases
cbrowo, Mon Jan 9 11:58am

I suspect that they are David Drummond of Hawthornden Roger Flexman 1708-1795
- Roger Flexman
  Francis Roads, Tue Jan 10 8:25am
- - Suggestion on Drummond
    David Welch, Tue Jan 10 2:13pm
    
    Well now we know the two names appear in 1701, I can only proffer William Drummond of Hawthornden 1585-1649. His translation of St Ambrose`s 4th century hymn appears in RCH (No 4): O Trinity, O... more
  - - Drummond
      Francis Roads, Wed Jan 11 9:25am
      
      Julian's Hymnology seems to confirm that it is William Drummond that we are looking at. There is a surprisingly wide variety of hymnodists and psalmodists represented in The Divine Companion. I... more
    - - Drummond poems
        David Welch, Thu Jan 12 10:11am
        
        It seems Drummond mostly wrote on non-spiritual themes, but some poems with Christian content are in his Urania collection. Maybe you could find your Playford text in this, or via the indexes of... more
- Re: Psalm Paraphrases
  cbrowo, Mon Jan 9 12:03pm
  
  Given that you are looking at Playford I assumed, possibly wrongly, that George Hay Drummond was not a possibility. I mention him here purely for completeness.