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George Manwaring
1854 - 1889 Person Name: Geo. Manwaring Hymnal Title: Deseret Sunday School Songs Author of "'Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love" in Deseret Sunday School Songs
George Manwaring
Ebenezer Beesley
1840 - 1906 Person Name: E. Beesley Hymnal Title: Deseret Sunday School Songs Composer of "['Tis sweet to sing the matchless love]" in Deseret Sunday School Songs Ebenezer Beesley was born December 14, 1840, in Oxfordshire, England. He had two wives. He married his first wife in March of 1859. They left England in April of 1859 to move to Salt Lake City. They travelled by foot and handcart from Omaha with a company of 250-300 people. He married his second wife in 1869. Beesley was a musician and music teacher who directed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Utah from 1880-1889 and other choirs in Utah. He wrote several hymns and edited Latter-day Saints Psalmody, the first LDS hymn book with both music and words.
Dianne Shapiro from Find a Grave website, "Ebenezer Beesley Composed Nearly a Dozen Hymns in the Current Hymnbook and Conducted the Choir for Almost a Decade," from The Tabernacle Choir Blog, March 13, 2014, and "Beesley, Sarah Hancock, [Reminiscences] in Handcart Stories" from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints website "Pioneer Database" (accessed 1-1-2021)
Ebenezer Beesley
Frank Asper
1892 - 1973 Person Name: Frank W. Asper, 1892–1973 Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Composer of "MEREDITH" in Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Frank Asper
