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Das Sch'flein

Author: August Berens Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Ich weiss ein Sch'flein Refrain First Line: O sag', wer mag das Sch'flein

[Ich weiß ein Schäflein, das verirrt]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 55334 32255 22321 Used With Text: Das Schäflein

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Author: Aug. Berens, P. Hymnal: Perlen und Blüthen #109 (1920) First Line: Ich weiß ein Schäflein, das verirrt Refrain First Line: O sag', wer mag das Schäfelein Languages: German Tune Title: [Ich weiß ein Schäflein, das verirrt]

Das Sch'flein

Author: August Berens Hymnal: Perlen und Bluethen. Liederbuch zum Gebrauch in der Deutsch-AmerikanischenSonntags-Schule. 2. verbesserte Auflage #d73 (1892) First Line: Ich weiss ein Sch'flein Refrain First Line: O sag', wer mag das Sch'flein

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E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Composer of "[Ich weiß ein Schäflein, das verirrt]" in Perlen und Blüthen Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

August Johann Berens

1843 - 1908 Person Name: Aug. Berens, P. Author of "Das Schäflein" in Perlen und Blüthen Berens, August. (Hamburg, Germany, October 30, 1843--January 12, 1908, Niles Center, Illinois). He attended the Missionhaus at Barmen, Germany, ca. 1859-1862, and then did post-graduate study at Tübingen, ca. 1862-1863. Coming to the United States, he was a missionary pastor for the Evangelical Synod of North America on the western frontier, especially in Wisconsin and Minnesota. He was pastor in Washington, Missouri, 1878-1887, and of St. Peter's Church, Elmhurst, Illinois, 1887-1906. He was the author of Frülingsboten: Gedichte (St. Charles, Illinois, 1889) and Frisch und fromm: Ein Kinderbüchlein mit Gedichten, Liedern, und Sprüchen (St. Louis, n.d.). He became a U.S. citizen in June, 1892. Berens married a school teacher, Clara Rieger, in 1878, and had three children. She was the author of Frau Nicholas Magd: eine Erzählung (St. Louis, 1894), and Aus vergangen Tagen (St. Louis, 1906). --Paul Westermeyer, DNAH Archives