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Carl Seal

Short Name: Carl Seal
Full Name: Seal, Carl

Carl Seal is an American arranger, editor, and church musician active in California. For two decades he served as editor and vice-president of publications at Lexicon Music and Light Records, later founding Carl Seal Music Typography, Inc. An experienced church organist, notably at South Coast Christian Assembly in San Juan Capistrano, he has published numerous piano and ensemble collections for evangelical worship and is credited with arranging the choral version of Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing used in several late-twentieth-century hymnals.
J. S. McDuff (from Lexicon Music and Light Records catalog notes and Carl Seal Music Typography materials, retrieved 9/15/2025)


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