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Short Name: Roger C. Wilson
Full Name: Wilson, Roger C., 1912-1988
Birth Year: 1912
Death Year: 1988

Roger Cole Wilson was long-associated with Ellen J. Lorenz Publishing, as was his father. Born in Dayton, he studied at the U. of Southern California at Los Angeles. He returned to Dayton, where he was born and raised, to join Lorenz Publishing. Wilson wrote cantatas, operettas, sacred and secular choral music, and especially for organ. He was editor of The Organist from 1940-1950. He also served as editor for The Volunteer Choir.

John Richard Hendricks, from obituary and Lorenz Publishing notes (accessed 7/2019) (sent by email to Hymnary)


Tunes by Roger C. Wilson (7)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
DAYTON (Wilson)Roger Cole Wilson, b.1912 (Composer)217651 21231 432
[Give your love to the Savior]Roger C. Wilson (Composer)231644 32151 32124
GOD IS NEAR THEERoger C. Wilson (Composer)155531 11532 23432
SPIRITUS DOMINIRoger Cole Wilson (Composer)351561 2123
[The Savior comes with boundless grace]Roger C. Wilson (Composer)251231 43257 13211
JACOB'S LADDER (Spiritual)Roger C. Wilson (Composer)133335 55322 22466
[When I am drifting on the sea]Roger C. Wilson (Composer)253311 16553 33212

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