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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Composer of "NOVA SCOTIA" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman

Geo. F. Rosche

1855 - 1935 Composer of "[Tell it with gladness, speak of it ever]" in The New Song George F. Rosche In the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, Rosche was publishing Gospel songs books, in German and English, in Chicago, Illinois. His works include: Perlen und Blüthen, with C. A. Weiss (Chicago, Illinois, 1890) Songs of Praise and Worship, (Chicago, Illinois, 1913) Music-- Children’s Praise Crown Him Have Faith in God He Keepeth Me, Ever Homeland, The Homeland of Jesus I’m Nearer My Home Lord, My Heart Is Rested Mercy at the Cross Resting in the Arms of Jesus Some Day, Somewhere There Never Was a Friend Like Jesus --hymntime.com/tch