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[Nothing but leaves! The Spirit grieves] (Vail)

[Nothing but leaves! The Spirit grieves] (Vail)

Composer: S. J. Vail
Published in 36 hymnals


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Audio files: MIDI

Composer: S. J. Vail

In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosb… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Nothing but leaves! The Spirit grieves] (Vail)
Composer: S. J. Vail
Incipit: 55554 33334 44233
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Piano Solo

  • Sacred Classics Book Two: In Hymn Interpretations for the Piano
    Composer/Editor Henrietta Eleanor Fruen
    Published By: Biola Book Room (1941) pp. 46

Instances

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The Cyber Hymnal #4602

Include 35 pre-1979 instances
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