[O land of rest, for thee I sigh] (Harris)

[O land of rest, for thee I sigh] (Harris)

Composer: Thoro Harris
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [O land of rest, for thee I sigh] (Harris)
Composer: Thoro Harris
Incipit: 55553 56664 65553
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Echoes of Paradise #55

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The Little Seraph #136a

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