[Over Bethl'em's hillside beamed a glorious star]

[Over Bethl'em's hillside beamed a glorious star]

Composer: Mabel J. Rosemon; Composer: Grant Colfax Tullar
Published in 1 hymnal


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Mabel J. Rosemon

Mabel J. Rosemon, 1880-? Born: De­cem­ber 3, 1880, Man­hat­tan, New York. Rosemon seems to have been liv­ing in Mer­cer Coun­ty, New Jer­sey, in 1900. Her works in­clude: Christmas Sug­gest­ion Book No. 2 (ed­it­or), 1928 --www.nethymnal.com  Go to person page >

Composer: Grant Colfax Tullar

Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry. As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Wat… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Over Bethl'em's hillside beamed a glorious star]
Composer: Mabel J. Rosemon
Composer: Grant Colfax Tullar
Incipit: 51356 53174 47245
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Over Bethl'em's Hillside

Over Bethl’em’s hillside beamed a glorious star,
With its radiant beauty all so fair
Led the wondrous wise men to the manger bed,
Where the King of kings was cradled there.

Go to text page...

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #5482
Text: Over Bethl'em's Hillside
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5482

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us