Jane Montgomery Campbell

1817-1878

Born: 1817, Paddington, Middlesex, England.

Died: November 15, 1878, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England.

Campbell contributed a number of hymns translated from German to Charles S. Bere’s Garland of Songs; or, an English Liederkranz (1862), and to his Children’s Choral Book (1869). She also published A Handbook for Singers (London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge); this small work contains the musical exercises she taught in her father’s parish school.

Translations:

1. Silent Night
2. We Plow the Fields