Raphael Courteville

COURTEVILLE, Raphael. fl. 1687-ca.1735. Born in London (?) ca. 1673, son of Raphael Courteville, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal (d. 28 December 1675). He was a chorister in the Chapel Royal and later organist of St James’s, Piccadilly (1691- ca.1735). Courteville’s only known psalm tune, ST JAMES, was printed, written in two parts, in Select Psalms and Hymns for the use of the Parish Church and Tabernacle of St. James’s, Westminster (1697), and subsequently included in the 6th edition of the Supplement to the New Version [New Version, Supplement] (1708). It was first attributed to Courteville by Philip Hart in Melodies Proper to be Sung to any Versions of the Psalms of David (1716), and from...