Wikipedia Biography
Albert Edward Brumley (October 29, 1905 – November 15, 1977) was an American shape note music composer and publisher, prolific in the genre of southern gospel.
Wikipedia Biography
Short Name: | Albert E. Brumley |
Full Name: | Brumley, Albert E. 1905-1977 |
Birth Year: | 1905 |
Death Year: | 1977 |
Born: October 29, 1905, near Spiro, Oklahoma. Died: November 15, 1977, Springfield, Missouri. Buried: Fox Cemetery, Powell, Missouri.
Brumley attended the Hartford Musical Institute in Hartford, Arkansas, and sang with the Hartford Quartet. He went on to teach at singing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Powell, Missouri. He worked for 34 years a staff writer for the Hartford and Stamps/Baxter publishing companies, then founded the Albert E. Brumley & Sons Music Company and Country Gentlemen Music, and bought the Hartford Music Company. He wrote over 800 Gospel and other songs during his life; the Country Song Writers Hall of Fame inducted him in 1970.
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Hymnals by Albert E. Brumley (8)![]() | As | Publication Year |
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Albert E. Brumley's Olde Time Camp Meetin' Songs | Albert E. Brumley (Editor) | 1971 |
Blessed Assurance | Albert E. Brumley (Editor) | 1950 |
Christian Hymnsongs | Albert E. Brumley (Editor) | 1965 |
Great Inspirational Songs | Albert E. Brumley (Edited and Compiled By) | 1973 |
Radio Favorites: 1966 Revised and Enlarged Edition | Albert E. Brumley (Editor) | 1966 |
Select Radio Songs:a special collection of favorite sacred and spiritual songs for ues in radio broadcasts, congregatinal singing, evangelistic work | Albert E. Brumley (Editor) | 1946 |
Three Hundred Country Chapel Songs and Hymns | Albert Edward Brumley (Editor) | 1953 |
Universal Songs and Hymns: a complete hymnal | Albert E. Brumley (Editor) | 1949 |