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JOSEPHINE (Kroeger)

JOSEPHINE (Kroeger)

Composer: Ernest R. Kroeger
Published in 16 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Ernest R. Kroeger

Born: August 10, 1862, St. Louis, Missouri. Died: April 7, 1934, St. Louis, Missouri. Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. Kroeger was a charter member of the American Guild of Organists; member the National Institute of Arts of Letters; conductor of the Amphion Male Chorus in St. Louis (1883-84); organist at the Unitarian Church of the Messiah, St. Louis (1886); director of the College of Music at Forest Park University (1887); president of the Music Teachers’ National Association (1896-97); president of the Missouri State Music Teachers’ Association (1897-99); instrumental adjudicator at the annual Kansas Jubilee (1900-03); master of programs in the Bureau of Music at the St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904; adjudicato… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: JOSEPHINE (Kroeger)
Composer: Ernest R. Kroeger
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6
Incipit: 33321 54444 43265
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1562
Text: Fret Not Thyself
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #7987
Text: Almighty Framer Of The Skies
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #8021
Text: Jesus, Who Died A World To Save
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #8249
Text: As Near To Calvary I Pass
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #8724
Text: O Thou, The Helpless Orphan's Hope
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #9157
Text: Thus Hath The Son Of Jesse Said
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #11152
Text: Sinner Secure, The Writing See!
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #14552
Text: How Blest Are Hearts, Which Christ The Lord
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)

AGO Founders Hymnal #37

Page Scan

Christian Worship #773

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1562

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The Cyber Hymnal #7987

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The Cyber Hymnal #8021

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The Cyber Hymnal #8249

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #8724

Text

The Cyber Hymnal #8804

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #9157

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #11152

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #14552

Include 5 pre-1979 instances
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