Introduction

Biography

Marshall is some­times con­fused with his son, Le­on­ard Babbidge (or Bab­bage) Mar­shall (1847–?).

Leonard the eld­er was a voice pu­pil of John Pad­don of Lon­don and har­mo­nist Charles Zeu­ner.

He was prin­ci­pal ten­or so­lo­ist for the Han­del and Hay­dn So­ci­ety in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts (cir­ca 1844–50); mu­sic di­rect­or at the Twelfth Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, Bos­ton (cir­ca 1836–57); chor­us di­rec­tor at Tre­mont Tem­ple (1857–67); mu­sic di­rect­or at the Bow­doin Square Bap­tist Church (cir­ca 1867–70); Charles Street Bap­tist Church; Har­vard Street Bap­tist Church (cir­ca 1870–75), and oth­er Boston church­es.

Works

His works in­clude 13 church mu­sic books and:

• The Harp­si­chord, with Hen­ry N. Stone (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Tap­pan & Whit­temore, 1852)
• The Ho­san­na (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Whit­temore, Niles & Hall, 1856)
• The Sac­red Star (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, 1861)
• The Cla­ri­on (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Rus­sell & Pa­tee, 1862)
• Sabbath Songs, with J. C. Proc­tor & Sam­uel Burn­ham (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Lee & Shep­ard, 1869)
• The Choir Fa­vo­rite (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: White, Smith, 1883)
• Sparkling Dia­monds (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: White, Smith, 1884)