Evan Stephens

Short Name: Evan Stephens
Full Name: Stephens, Evan, 1854-1930
Birth Year: 1854
Death Year: 1930

Evan Stephens (1854-1930) was a Welsh composer, conductor, and teacher. Born in Pencader, Carmarthenshire, Wales, he emigrated to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1866. He directed the vocal music program at the University of Utah from 1885 to 1900, and directed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 1890 to 1916. Stephens is remembered for his many contributions to the cultural growth of the state of Utah, his leadership of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and for the numerous hymns and songs he composed. - from the Library of Congress authority file


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Texts by Evan Stephens (45)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Arbor morning, bright and fairE. S. (Author)English1
Christ is born; the joyful storyEvan Stephens (Author)1
Dark are the night's drear shadowsEvan Stephens (Author)1
En memoria de tu muerteEvan Stephens (Author)Spanish1
¿Fallará en la defensa de SiónEvan Stephens (Author)Spanish1
Father, Thy children to Thee now raiseEvan Stephens (Author)English6
Glory be to God, the angels sangEvan Stephens (Author)1
Hark! hark to the swell of that rapturous songE. S. (Author)English1
I can see thee, O my SaviorEvan Stephens (Author)1
I'll strive while young to tune my voiceEvan Stephens (Author)English2
In remembrance of Thy sufferingEvan Stephens (Author)English8
Kind and heavenly Father, from Thy holy dwellingE. Stephens (Author)English5
Kind friends, as here I stand to singE. S. (Author)English2
Land of the mountains highEvan Stephens (Author)English4
Leaves are falling, falling, fallingEvan Stephens (Author)English2
Let us all press on in the work of the LordEvan Stephens, 1854–1930 (Author)English6
Let us join in a song in the morningEvan Stephens (Author)English2
Let's be kind to one anotherEvan Stephens (Author)English3
May the Lord go with usEvan Stephens (Author)1
O balmy mountain airEvan Stephens (Author)1
O happy homes among the hillsE. S. (Author)English3
O home beloved where'er I wanderEvan Stephens (Author)English5
O wondrous mercy, wondrous loveEvan Stephens (Author)1
O'er the wavelets gently rowingEvan Stephens (Author)1
One hundred years since God sent His servantE. S. (Author)English1
Raise your voices to the LordEvan Stephens (Author)3
Sacred the place of prayer and songEvan Stephens (Author)2
Shadows are gathering as round the boardEvan Stephens (Author)1
Shall the youth of Zion falterE. S. (Author)English6
Sing, sing the wondrous storyE. S. (Author)English4
Spring is tripping over the meadowsEvan Stephens (Author)English2
Sweet in tune with my heart's beatingEvan Stephens (Author)1
Sweet is the breath of morning air, Sweet are the sounds of song and prayerE. S. (Author)English1
Sweet is the hour when thus we meetEvan Stephens (Author)1
Tenderly wipe the bitter tearEvan Stephens (Author)1
The earth was shrouded deep in gloomEvan Stephens (Author)1
The quiet solemn hourEvan Stephens (Author)1
The voice of God again is heardEvan Stephens, 1854–1930 (Author)3
The winter king holds revelry tonightEvan Stephens (Author)1
This was the song the angels sangEvan Stephens (Author)1
Today while the sun shines, work with a willEvan Stephens (Author)English4
Trabajemos hoy en la obra del SeñorEvan Stephens (Author)Spanish1
We are the bees of DeseretEvan Stephens (Author)English1
We ever pray for thee, our prophet dearEvan Stephens (Author)English6
Zion's children sing for joyEvan Stephens (Author)1

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