Introduction

Biography

Rigdon was the hus­band of Sa­rah Mc­Glas­son.

McIntosh at­tend­ed Jack­son Col­lege in Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see, and stu­died mu­sic un­der Asa Ev­er­ett.

In 1875, he was ap­point­ed head of the Mu­sic De­part­ment at Van­der­bilt Uni­ver­si­ty in Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see. In 1877, he joined the fa­cul­ty of Em­ory Col­lege, Ox­ford, Geor­gia.

In 1895, he left Emo­ry to de­vote his time to the R. M. Mc­In­tosh Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny. He al­so served as mu­sic ed­it­or of the Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church South Pub­lish­ing House for ov­er 30 years.

Works

• Tabor, or, The Rich­mond Col­lect­ion of Sac­red Mu­sic (Co­lum­bia, South Ca­ro­li­na & Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: W. J. Duf­fie & J. B. McFerrin, 1867)
• Good News (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1876)
• Light and Life (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1881)
• Prayer and Praise, with At­tic­us G. Hay­good (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: J. W. Burke, 1883)
• New Life, with Will­iam George Et­ter Cun­nyng­ham (Nas­hville, Ten­nes­see: South­ern Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1879)
• New Life No. 2 (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: South­ern Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1886)
• Songs of Ser­vice (At­lan­ta, Geor­gia: R. M. Mc­In­tosh, 1896) (mu­sic ed­it­or)