Born: June 17, 1795, Shib­den Low­er Mill, Eng­land.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 14, 1837.

Green­wood stu­died un­der Stop­forth, or­gan­ist of Hal­i­fax par­ish church, and be­came or­gan­ist at Keigh­ley at age 16, and at Leeds par­ish church in 1821. After al­most six years at Leeds, he vi­sit­ed France, Lon­don and Amer­i­ca, re­main­ing in each count­ry about two years. He event­u­al­ly set­tled in Hal­i­fax, and served as or­gan­ist at the South Pa­rade Meth­od­ist Church un­til 1835. His works in­clude:

• A Se­lect­ion of An­cient and Mo­dern Psalm Tunes (Leeds, Eng­land: 1825/6)
• Modulus Sanc­tus, a Col­lect­ion of Sac­red Mu­sic (Leeds, Eng­land: 1828)
• Psalmody Har­mo­nised in Score, pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly (Hal­i­fax: H. Pohl­man, 1838)

Sources

Music

1. Affection