[Launch away, believer, on the swelling tide]

Composer: Pauline Gilmour Hatch

Born: April 3, 1871, Cape May, New Jersey. Hatch was the only daughter of Henry L. Gilmour. She showed a love for music at an early age, which was encouraged and cultivated in a musical atmosphere. William J. Kirkpatrick was her first instrumental teacher. She later received a diploma from the South Jersey Institute, Bridgeton, New Jersey, and also took a course at Richard Zeckwer’s Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married H. Morgan Hatch of Delair, New Jersey, October 30, 1903. Sources-- Showalter, p. 276 Music-- GO FORWARD JESUS, REFUGE OF MY SOUL OUR DEARLY LOVED BANNER PEACE HYMN OF NATIONS VOLUNTEERS, TO THE FRONT © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >