Miller was ap­prent­iced to his fa­ther, a pav­ior (a lay­er of pav­ing stones and the like), but ran away to stu­dy mu­sic. At one time he was a flaut­ist in Han­del’s or­ches­tra. He played the or­gan for 50 years at Don­cas­ter Church, and com­posed hymn tunes and harp­si­chord so­na­tas. Cam­bridge Un­i­ver­si­ty award­ed him a doc­tor­ate de­gree in 1786. His works in­clude:

• The Psalms of Da­vid Set to New Mu­sic, 1774
• Elements of Tho­rough-bass and Com­po­si­tion, 1787
• The Psalms of Da­vid for the Use of Par­ish Churche­s, 1790
• Thoughts on the Pre­sent Per­form­ance of Psalm­o­dy, 1791
• The Psalms of Watts and Wes­ley, 1801
• Sacred Mu­sic, 1802
• History of Don­cas­ter, 1804

• Frost, p. 682
• Jackson
• Nutter, p. 461

1. Galway
2. Rockingham