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[I am bound for that bright city]

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[I am bound for that bright city]

Composer: R. E. Winsett
Published in 13 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: R. E. Winsett

Robert Emmett Winsett (January 15, 1876 — June 26, 1952 (aged 76) was an American composer and publisher of Gospel music. Winsett was born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and graduated from the Bowman Normal School of Music in 1899. He founded his own publishing company in 1903, and his first publication, Winsett's Favorite Songs, quickly became popular among the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the American South. Pentecostal Power followed in 1907; that year Winsett completed postgraduate work at a conservatory. He married Birdie Harris in 1908, and had three sons and two daughters with her. He settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas, continuing to compose gospel songs, of which he would write over 1,000 in total. He became a minister… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [I am bound for that bright city]
Composer: R. E. Winsett
Incipit: 56132 35651 15321
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals191519201925193019351940194519501955196019651970050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 13 of 13)
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Abiding Faith #82

Church Hymnal #196

Gems of Devotion #98

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Himnos de Gloria #143

Himnos de Gloria #143

Himnos de Gloria #143

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Himnos de Gloria #143

Our Recorded Songs, number two #80

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Revival Message #61

Songs of Pentecostal Power, Complete #252

Songs of Perennial Glory #98

Songs of the Kingdom #98

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Soul Inspiring Songs #98

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