Short Name: | A. Brooks Everett |
Full Name: | Everett, A. Brooks (Asa Brooks), 1828-1875 |
Birth Year: | 1828 |
Death Year: | 1875 |
Asa B. Everett (1828-1875)
Born: 1828, Virginia.
Died: September 1875, near Nashville, Tennessee.
Everett originally planned to be a doctor, but went into music instead. He studied in Boston, Massachusetts, and Leipzig, Germany. He wrote many Gospel songs, and edited The Sceptre (New York: Biglow & Main, 1871). His brothers were also composers, Benjamin Holden Everett and Leonard C. Everett.
His compositions include:
Beyond This Land of Parting
Footprints of Jesus
Hark, the Gentle Voice
Loved One, Farewell
Richmond
There’s a Fountain Free
Who at My Door is Standing?
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Come sinner, come why longer roam | A. Brooks Everett (Author) | 2 |
Gloomy night is past | A. Brooks Everett (Author) | 2 |