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Short Name: | J. W. Bischoff |
Full Name: | Bischoff, J. W. (John W.) 1850-1909 |
Birth Year: | 1850 |
Death Year: | 1909 |
John W. Bischoff was born in 1849, became blind at the age of two years, came to the Congregational Church as organist and choir-director at the age of twenty-five, and remained thirty-five years up to the date of his death on Memorial Day, May 30, 1909. He was a prolific composer, most of his work being of the lyric style. In his first book, Crystal Songs, compiled in 1877 with the assistance of Otis F. Presbrey, there are thirty-two tunes of his compoistion. During many years of his service he provided music loves with a series of monthly concerts, at which a high grade of music was rendered.
American writers and compilers of sacred music by Frank J. Metcalf (New York; Cincinnati: Abingdon Press, 1925)
Texts by J. W. Bischoff (1)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Come, trembling soul, be not afraid | J. W. Biscoff (Author) | English | 1 |