Does anyone know anything about John Law, composer of the hymn tune MONTESANO? "Songs of Praise Discussed" (#491, page 261) says "MONTESANO, by John Law, appeared in Songs of Praise (1931)". I assume that means "no earlier printing is known" (as opposed to "it wasn't in the 1925 edition; we just added it") which would suggest that Law was alive in the early 20th century. The tune is also in "The English Hymnal" in the1933 edition (#122) but not in the 1906 edition. Searching for "John Law composer" on the internet gets thousands of hits for the jazz pianist born in 1961.
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