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| Short Name: | John Ness Beck |
| Full Name: | Beck, John Ness, 1930-1987 |
| Birth Year: | 1930 |
| Death Year: | 1987 |
John Ness Beck attended Ohio State University, where he studied science as an undergraduate and music composition as a graduate student. He taught music theory and harmony at Ohio State and served as director of the University Music House. He was also music director of the University Baptist Church in Columbus. Cofounder and president of Beckenhorst Press, a retail sheet music publisher, Beck was also board chairperson of the John Ness Beck Foundation for choral composers and arrangers of traditional American music. He published some 120 works, most of which are anthems, hymns, and vocal solos for church use.
Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988
Tunes by John Ness Beck (4) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCEPTANCE | John Ness Beck (Composer) | 9 | 55566 66771 76677 |
| BECK (J. N. Beck) | John Ness Beck (Composer) | 5 | 33233 54323 32335 |
| LANCASHIRE (Smart) | John Ness Beck (Composer of Descant) | 1 | 55346 53114 56255 |
| ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR (Elvey) | John Ness Beck (Arranger of alternate last verse harmony) | 1 | 33531 23335 31233 |
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