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[O for the friends and loved ones gone on]

[O for the friends and loved ones gone on]

Composer: Samuel W. Beazley (1910)
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: Samuel W. Beazley

Samuel W. Beazley was born in Sparta, Virginia in 1873. He was a music scholar and taught music at Shenandoah College for five years. He composed over 4,000 gospel songs during his lifetime. Samuel W. Beazley maintained a successful publishing business in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Chicago on September 16, 1944. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1992. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: Gospel Music Hall of Fame Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [O for the friends and loved ones gone on]
Composer: Samuel W. Beazley (1910)
Incipit: 11112 33334 32344
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Crown Him King #150

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Service Hymnal #736

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The Baptist Standard Hymnal #736

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Victory Songs #30

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