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ROUTH

Composer: B. B. McKinney

Pseudonyms-- Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin) Otto Nellen Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh) ----- Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942. McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Wor… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ROUTH
Composer: B. B. McKinney (1926)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain
Incipit: 33332 15566 66123
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Hymns for the New Organist: Arrangements for the Beginning or Occasional Organist
    Composer/Editor Gayden C. Sikes
    Published By: Broadman Press (1991) pp. 6

Piano Solo

  • The Church Pianist Volume 1 Number 3 January 1985: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
    Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Baylus Benjamin McKinney
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1985) pp. 79

Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)
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African American Heritage Hymnal #372

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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #472

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Baptist Hymnal 2008 #622

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #455

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #452

Audio

Small Church Music #6179

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The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #224

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Total Praise #374

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Yes, Lord! #348

Include 14 pre-1979 instances
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