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[Over the river, the bright, crystal river]

[Over the river, the bright, crystal river]

Composer: J. H. Fillmore
Published in 4 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: J. H. Fillmore

James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music Hous… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Over the river, the bright, crystal river]
Composer: J. H. Fillmore
Incipit: 55554 56545 31222
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #13391
Text: Over The Bright Crystal River
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #13391

Include 3 pre-1979 instances
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