Introduction

Biography

Samuel was the son of hymn­ist Charles Wes­ley, hus­band of Char­lotte Lou­ise Mar­tin (married 1793), part­ner of Sar­ah Su­ter, and fa­ther of Sam­uel Se­bas­tian Wes­ley.

He is known main­ly as a com­pos­er and or­gan­ist. He was a high­ly re­gard­ed mu­si­cian in his time, but en­joyed lit­tle fi­nan­cial suc­cess.

He was a great ad­mir­er of Bach, and was one of the lead­ers in the Bach re­viv­al move­ment in Eng­land.

Works

Wesley wrote his first ora­to­rio, Ruth, at age 8. His other works include:

• Original Hymn-Tunes, Ad­apt­ed to Ev­ery Metre in the Col­lect­ion of the Rev. John Wes­ley, 1828