OBERLIN (Bost)

OBERLIN (Bost)

Composer: Ami Bost; Arranger: Thomas Hastings
Published in 9 hymnals


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Composer: Ami Bost

Rev. Paul Ami Isaac David Bost, was born on June 10, 1790 in Geneva, Switzerland. He studied theology at the Moravian Institute at Neuwied and at the University of Geneva. He was an itinerant preacher in Switzerland, Germany and France. In 1825, he co-founded the Reformed Free Church of Geneva. From 1828-37 he worked as an evangelist in Carouge, After a brief pastorate at Asnires and Bourges in France, he was appointed chaplain of the prison of the Maison Centrale at Melun, where he remained until 1848, then lived in Geneva. He died on December 24, 1874 in Prigonrieux, Aquitaine, France. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)  Go to person page >

Arranger: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: OBERLIN (Bost)
Composer: Ami Bost
Arranger: Thomas Hastings
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 53331 17232 15333
Key: A♭ Major/B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #5382
Text: O Thou, My Soul, Forget No More
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Instances (1 - 9 of 9)
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Bradbury's Golden Shower of S.S. Melodies #11a

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Laudes Domini #66

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Laudes Domini #49

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #299

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The Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs #75

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The Cyber Hymnal #5382

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