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[Is thy heart oppressed with sorrow?]

[Is thy heart oppressed with sorrow?]

Composer: William Edie Marks
Published in 2 hymnals


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Audio files: MIDI

Composer: William Edie Marks

Born: July 1872, Delaware (probably Wilmington) Died: November 20, 1954, Wilmington, Delaware. Buried: Lombardy Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware. Marks was ap­par­ent­ly liv­ing in Wilm­ing­ton, Del­a­ware, in 1913. His works in­clude: Cream of Song, with Le­an­der Pick­ett & O. B. Cul­pep­per & (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: Pick­ett Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1906) Tears and Tri­umphs No. 4, with Le­an­der Pick­ett & Ben­ja­min Butts (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tucky: Pen­te­cost­al Pub­lish­ing Company, 1910) Noted Hymns, 1927 (ed­it­or) Lyrics-- Christmas Joy Tasting the Joys Trying to Be More like Je­sus We Shall Hear Him Say, "Well Done" Music-- Best Thing I Ev… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Is thy heart oppressed with sorrow?]
Composer: William Edie Marks
Incipit: 34513 21654 32213
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #3744
Text: Lift Thy Face to the Light!
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  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
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The Cyber Hymnal #3744

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