Introduction

Biography

Thomas was the fa­ther of Wal­ter Hate­ly.

He was an im­port­ant mu­sic­al in­flu­ence on the Scot­tish Free Church in the years af­ter the 1843 Dis­rup­tion. He ap­pears in the por­trait of the Dis­rup­tion meet­ing that year.

He taught thou­sands to sing in parts and lec­tured wide­ly on the his­to­ry of psal­mo­dy.

Works

In ad­di­tion to se­cu­lar mu­sic, Hate­ly is said have com­posed ov­er 40 psalm tunes.

Works

• The Psal­mo­dy of the Free Church of Scot­land (Ed­in­burgh: W. P. Ken­ne­dy, 1845)
• The Il­lus­trat­ed Book of Nur­se­ry Rhymes and Songs (Lon­don, Edin­burgh & New York: T. Nel­son & Sons, 1865)