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[There's a chorus ever ringing]

[There's a chorus ever ringing]

Composer: Victor H. Benke
Published in 2 hymnals


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Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Victor H. Benke

Victor H. Benke was born on Ju­ly 1872, Ra­ti­bor, Ger­ma­ny (now Ra­ci­bórz, Po­land). He em­i­grat­ed to Amer­i­ca at the of age 21. He served as the re­gu­lar or­gan­ist at the Bowery Mission in New York City for a num­ber of years. He settled in Brook­lyn where he gave pi­a­no and or­gan les­sons and com­posed mu­sic. He worked with Fanny Crosby, who wrote words to a number of his pieces, and Ira Sankey. He also played the organ for Dwight Moody in his evangelistic work. Benke died on July 15, 1904 in New York. [Sources: Crosby, pp. 535, 562] NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/n/benke_vh.htm  Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [There's a chorus ever ringing]
Composer: Victor H. Benke
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 55113 21517 62165
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6463
Text: There's a Chorus Ever Ringing
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The Cyber Hymnal #6463

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