Smart, Henry 10/25/1813 - 07/06/1879

Henry Smart composed works for choir and organ as well as songs, duets and trios, cantatas and an oratorio. His opera, Bertha, was performed in 1855 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and favorably received. He produced several collections of hymns and settings for psalms, composed pieces for “Hymns Ancient and Modern” (1861) and “Psalms and Hymns” (1867) and designed the organs for the town Hall in Leeds (1858) and St. Andrew’s Hall in Glasgow (1877). He was also a music critic for the newspaper “Atlas”.