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) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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DAYTON (Wilson) | Roger Cole Wilson, b.1912 (Composer) | 2 | 17651 21231 432 |
[Give your love to the Savior] | Roger C. Wilson (Composer) | 2 | 31644 32151 32124 |
GOD IS NEAR THEE | Roger C. Wilson (Composer) | 1 | 55531 11532 23432 |
SPIRITUS DOMINI | Roger Cole Wilson (Composer) | 3 | 51561 2123 |
[The Savior comes with boundless grace] | Roger C. Wilson (Composer) | 2 | 51231 43257 13211 |
JACOB'S LADDER (Spiritual) | Roger C. Wilson (Composer) | 1 | 33335 55322 22466 |
[When I am drifting on the sea] | Roger C. Wilson (Composer) | 2 | 53311 16553 33212 |