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FAREWELL TO ALL (Reese)

FAREWELL TO ALL (Reese)

Composer: J. P. Reese (1859)
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: J. P. Reese

John Palmer "Ripples" Reese was born in Jasper County, Georgia. After service in the Civil War as a member of the 37th Georgia Infantry, he spent most of his life as a composer and singing instructor in the Sacred Harp movement. He was a revisor for the 1859 edition of The Sacred Harp. He was president of the Chattahoochee Convention. Reese died in 1900, in Newnan, Georgia. Antonio Higgins Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: FAREWELL TO ALL (Reese)
Composer: J. P. Reese (1859)
Meter: 8.8.8.8 D
Incipit: 15533 53153 31157
Key: g minor
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Sacred Harp #69b

The Sacred Harp #69b
Include 3 pre-1979 instances
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