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OAK PARK (Dunlop)

OAK PARK (Dunlop)

Composer: Merrill Dunlop (1941)
Published in 10 hymnals


Composer: Merrill Dunlop

Merrill Everett Dunlop Born: May 9, 1905, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. Died: June 15, 2002. Dunlop was ed­u­cat­ed at Cen­tral YMCA Coll­ege, Chi­ca­go (BA) and the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute (grad­u­at­ed 1926). He played the pi­a­no and or­gan at Moo­dy Church (1921-24), and served as di­rect­or of mu­sic at the Chi­ca­go Gos­pel Ta­ber­na­cle (1926-53). Bur­ton Bos­worth was his fa­ther-in-law. Dun­lop wrote over 700 hymns and Gos­pel songs, and works in­clud­ing: Songs of a Chris­tian, 1937 New Songs of a Chris­tian, 1941 © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.net/tch)  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: OAK PARK (Dunlop)
Composer: Merrill Dunlop (1941)
Meter: 9.11.7.7.4.4.7
Incipit: 33312 33315 32111
Key: F Major
Copyright: © 1941, renewed 1969, Singspiration Music/ASCAP. Used by permission of The Benson Co. Inc.

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • In Remembrance of Me: Organ Arrangements for Communion Service
    Composer/Editor Harold H. DeCou
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1981) pp. 23
  • The Sunday Morning Organist Volume Four: Preludes, Offertories, and Postludes
    Composer/Editor Harold H. DeCou
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1967) pp. 32
  • Easy Organ Favorites: Easy Organ Arrangements of Famous Gospel Songs
    Composer/Editors Harold H. DeCou; T. O. Chisolm; Merrill Dunlop
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1966) pp. 25

Voices: Vocal Solo

  • 100 Low Voice Favorites Volume II: Gospel's Greatest
    Composer/Editor Jim Loucks
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1986) pp. 197

Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

Ambassador Hymnal #77

Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #212

Sing Joyfully #251

The Sing! Hymnal #252

Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #244

Worship His Majesty #233

Include 4 pre-1979 instances
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