VESPER HYMN (Everett)

Composer: Dr. A.B. Everett

Asa Brooks Everett MusDoc USA 1828-1875. Born in VA, he planned to be a doctor, but decided to study music instead. He studied in Boston for four years and also in Leipzig, Germany for four years.. He composed many gospel tunes and edited “The Sceptre” a New York publication. His brothers, Benjamin and Leonard, were also composers. He and Leonard organized a musical instruction system in Richmond, VA, in the 1850s. By 1861, 50 teachers and singing schools were representing them and using their publications. He died in Nashville, TN. John Perry Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	VESPER HYMN (Everett)
Composer:	Dr. A.B. Everett
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Incipit:	13523 6165
Key:	A Major/D Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

God of My Life

An Evening Hymn

All praise to You, my God, this night,
For all the blessings of the light.
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath the shelter of Your wings.

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