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Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

Author: James Rowe Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Oft when twilight shadows fall, or when darkness covers all Refrain First Line: Will the circle be unbroken over there?

[Oft when twilight shadows fall]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James D. Vaughan Used With Text: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

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Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Vaughan's Funeral Songs #3 (1937) First Line: Oft when twilight shadows fall Tune Title: [Oft when twilight shadows fall]

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Temple Bells #82 (1921) First Line: Oft when twilight shadows fall Refrain First Line: Will the circle be unbroken over there? Languages: English Tune Title: [Oft when twilight shadows fall]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" in Temple Bells Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

James D. Vaughan

1864 - 1941 Composer of "[Oft when twilight shadows fall]" in Temple Bells Vaughan, James D(avid); b. Dec. 14, 1864, between Lawrence Co. and Giles Co., TN; d. Feb. 9, 1941, Lawrenceburg, TN; music publisher, composer and compiler of gospel songs in shape notation