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[O tell me over and over again the tale I love so well]

[O tell me over and over again the tale I love so well]

Composer: Powell G. Fithian
Published in 7 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Powell G. Fithian

Born: April 30, 1861, Greenwich Township (now Gibbstown), New Jersey. Fithian was music director for the public schools in Camden, New Jersey. He and his wife Julia were both listed in the 1910 and 1920 census, but his wife appears alone in the 1930 census. Powell’s works include: Songs of the Mercy Seat, with George Hugg (Methodist Episcopal Book Room, 1899) Songs for Work and Worship, with Howard Entwisle & Adam Geibel (Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz & Company, 1900) Exalted Praise, with Howard Entwisle (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: MacCalla & Company, 1901) Heavenly Sunlight, with Howard Entwisle & Adam Geibel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: MacCalla & Company, 1902) The Fithian Music Primer (New York: American Book Com… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [O tell me over and over again the tale I love so well]
Composer: Powell G. Fithian
Incipit: 51765 65345 31655
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #11351
Text: O Tell The Sweet Old Story
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
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Instances

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The Cyber Hymnal #11351

The Cyber Hymnal #11351
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