Composer: Adam Geibel
Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany.
Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the…
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Songs of the AgesList to the songs of the ages,
Floating o’er all the earth;
Telling the joyful tidings,
Of the blessed Saviour’s birth.
All through the years of darkness,
Still was their music heard;
Chanting the world’s redemption,
Teaching the precious word.
List to the songs, List to the songs,
List to the songs of the ages.
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