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John Cozens

Short Name: John Cozens
Full Name: Cozens, John, 1906-1999
Birth Year: 1906
Death Year: 1999

(27 April 1906 - 5 April 1999) Born in Tottenham, London; moved to Canada in 1913, aged 7. Worked, mainly in Toronto, as an administrator, choir conductor, tenor, etc. Co-founded Toronto's Council Choir and Orpheus Choir. Died, aged 92, in Port Hope, Ontario.

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Texts by John Cozens (21)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Behold! Yon bright and beauteous starJohn Cozens (Translator)English1
Bethlehem, thou happy cityJ. C. (Translator)English1
Born is little Jesus In a manger smallJohn Cozens (English Text by)1
Hark! Christian people, Bells from the steepleJohn Cozens (English Text by)1
In the stable ('tis no fable)J. C. (English Text by)English1
Little children, wake and listenJ. Cozens (Adapter)English1
O God, the King of glory, our Sovereign and our FriendJohn Cozens (Adapter)English1
O leave your sheep agrazing in the meadowJ. C. (English Text by)English2
On Christmas night all Christians singJohn Cozens (Adapter)English1
On wings of living lightJohn Cozens, 1906- (Adapter)English1
Over the mountains, onward they journeyJohn Cozens (English Text by)1
Rejoice, again I say Rejoice in God alwayJohn Cozens (Adapter)1
Rejoice, ye Christians, loudlyJohn Cozens (Adapter)1
Shepherds, O tell your story, Why haste ye so to day?John Cozens (English Text by)1
Tell us, shepherds, clear, All that you have seen?John Cozens (English Text by)1
The Father's Light and Splendor art ThouJohn Cozens (Adapter)1
The moon shines bright and the stars give a lightJohn Cozens (Author)English2
There comes a barque full-laden, The sea of time is stirredJohn Cozens (English Text by)1
To an inn so lowly Mary brought the world's RedeemerJohn Cozens (English Text by)1
With triumph Has our Lord descendedJohn Cozens (English Text by)1
Within the town of Beth'lem, away across the seaJ. C. (English Text by)1
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