Jessie Seymour Irvine

Jessie Seymour Irvine
Born(1836-07-26)26 July 1836
Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Died2 September 1887(1887-09-02) (aged 51)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Known forHymn tune Crimond
Works"The Lord's my Shepherd"
Parent(s)Rev Dr Alexander Irvine (1804–1884), Jessie Nicol

Jessie Seymour Irvine (26 July 1836 – 2 September 1887) was the daughter of a Church of Scotland parish minister who served at Dunottar, Peterhead, and Crimond in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She is best known for being the likely composer of the hymn tune "Crimond", which is commonly used as the music for the hymn "The Lord's My Shepherd". Irvine is referred to by Ian Bradley, in his 1997 book Abide with Me: The World of Victorian Hymns, as standing "in a strong Scottish tradition of talented amateurs who tended to produce metrical psalm tunes rather than the dedicated hymn tunes increasingly composed in England."

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