Introduction

Biography

By age 20, Stan­ley was the song lead­er at Carrs Lane Cha­pel, mov­ing lat­er with the con­gre­ga­tion to Eb­en­ezer Cha­pel, Steel­house Lane. He was also some­time land­lord of the Crown Ta­vern, Charles Street, and vio­lin­cel­list with the Birm­ing­ham The­ater Or­ches­tra.

His works in­clude two sets of tunes, Twen­ty-Four Tunes in Four Parts, cir­ca 1796, con­tain­ing the tunes Shir­land, Stone­field, War­wick, Si­me­on, Wil­ton, Cal­va­ry and Kent. The se­cond book con­tained tunes not now known, but Sut­ton Cold­field and Star of Beth­le­hem were once po­pu­lar.