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Sweetest music

Author: Emma Pitt Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: I hear the sweetest music Refrain First Line: They're chanting, O so sweetly

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[I hear the sweetest music]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Pollock Incipit: 12333 22111 21655 Used With Text: Sweetest Music

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Sweetest Music

Author: Emma Pitt Hymnal: Gospel Light #164 (1884) First Line: I hear the sweetest music Refrain First Line: They're chanting, oh, so sweetly Languages: English Tune Title: [I hear the sweetest music]
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Sweetest Music

Author: Emma Pitt Hymnal: Harvest Bells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 #259 (1892) First Line: I hear the sweetest music Refrain First Line: They're chanting, oh, so sweetly Languages: English Tune Title: [I hear the sweetest music]

Sweetest music

Author: Emma Pitt Hymnal: Fresh Flowers #d21 (1885) First Line: I hear the sweetest music Refrain First Line: They're chanting, O so sweetly Languages: English

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Charles Edward Pollock

1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Composer of "[I hear the sweetest music]" in Harvest Bells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS. John Perry ================= Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following: 1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock) 1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen 1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty) 1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits --Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).

Emma Pitt

b. 1846 Author of "Sweetest Music" in Harvest Bells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Born: 1846, Maryland. Pitt was living in Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land, by 1880, and through at least 1910. She may have died be­fore 1920, as the daugh­ter with whom she was living in 1910 was on her own and still sin­gle in 1920. --www.hymntime.com
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