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[Each cooing dove and sighing bough]
Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. C. Hugg Incipit: 54565 31254 57246 Used With Text: Galilee
[Each cooing dove and sighing bough]
George C. Hugg
1848 - 1907 Person Name: Geo. C. Hugg Composer of "[Each cooing dove and sighing bough]" in Praise and Rejoicing George Crawford Hugg USA 1848-1907. Born near Haddonfield, NJ, he became choirmaster at the Berlin, NJ, Presbyterian Church at age 12. At age 14 he published his first song, “Walk in the light”, which became very popular. He married Anne E Ketchum, and they had a daughter, Evangeline. He served as choirmaster of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, and also the Broad Street and Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Churches there. He was also closely associated with the Harper Memorial Presbyterian Church there. He was a prolific composer with over 2000 works, publishing 18 books of revival and Sunday school music, and 90 songs for special occasions (Christmas, Easter, etc.). He died in Philadelphia, PA.
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George C. Hugg
Robert Morris
1818 - 1888 Person Name: Robert Morris, LL. D. Author of "Galilee" in Praise and Rejoicing Morris, Robert, LL.D., born Aug. 31, 1818, is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and an extensive writer on Freemasonry. In 1868 he visited the Holy Land on behalf of the Freemasons of America, the outcome of which was his work, Freemasonry in the Holy Land. He is the author of some 300 poetical pieces. One of these, "Each gentle dove and sighing bough" (Evening), is in H. R. Palmer's Songs of Love for the Bible School, 1874, Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, &c..
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Robert Morris
