# Timothy Olmstead

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**Timothy Olmstead** (1759–1848) was a [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut) psalmodist[1] and one of the first [American composers](/source/List_of_American_composers).[2] He was also a Connecticut [fifer](/source/Fifer) during the [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War).[3]

## Scores

Collected Works of Eliakim Doolittle (1772-1850) and Timothy Olmstead (1759-1848): *Music of the New American Nation Sacred Music from 1780 to 1820* Published: 1999, Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc - ISBN 0815324111

## References

1. [http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/MARA_MARO.htm](http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/MARA_MARO.htm) The Fiddler’s Companion

1. [http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm](http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm) American Composer Timeline

1. ["Olmstead, Timothy (1759 - 1848), composer, tune book compiler, singing master, fifer"](http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47599). *Oxford Index*. [doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47599](https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47599). Retrieved 12 December 2018.

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