John Jasper McClellan

Short Name: John Jasper McClellan
Full Name: McClellan, John Jasper, 1874-1925
Birth Year: 1874
Death Year: 1925

McClellan, John Jasper; b. Apr. 20, 1874, Payson, Utah; d. Aug. 2, 1925; Salt Lake City; American organist and conductor, composer of Ode to Irrigation, organ pieces, numerous anthems

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John Jasper McClellan, Jr. (April 20, 1874 – August 2, 1925) served as the chief organist of the organ in the Salt Lake Tabernacle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1900 to 1925. McClellan was born in Payson, Utah Territory. By the age of eleven McClellan was serving as a church organist in Payson. McClellan's father, also John J. McClellan, served as mayor of Payson from 1887 to 1890. In the 1985 English edition of the LDS hymnal, the music for "Sweet Is the Work" (hymn #147) was composed by McClellan.
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