Born: October 23, 1859, Baltimore, Maryland.
Died: August 26, 1930, St. Louis, Missouri.
Educated at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, Herzberger pastored in Carson, Kansas; Chicago, Illinois; and Hammond, Indiana. He was also a pioneer missionary in Arkansas, became the first city missionary (in St. Louis) of the Lutheran Missouri Synod in 1899, and worked for many missionary and charitable causes. His works include:
The Family Altar
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First published with the text in the Cologne Gesangbuch of 1599 (see above), ES IST EIN ROS is a rounded bar form tune (AABA). The tune has characteristics of a Renaissance madrigal; it invites performance by an unaccompanied choir so that all the fine part writing and subtle rhythms can be clearly…
Display Title: A Branch So Fair Has BlossomedFirst Line: A Branch so fair has blossomedTune Title: [A Branch so fair has blossomed]Date: 1928Source: From the Fifteenth Century