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[Someone will knock at the saints' bright home]

[Someone will knock at the saints' bright home]

Composer: D. E. Dortch
Published in 23 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: D. E. Dortch

Born: March 5, 1851, The­ta, Ten­nes­see. Died: No­vem­ber 9/11, 1928, Ten­nes­see. Buried: Rose Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see. Dortch was teach­ing mu­sic in Mau­ry, Ten­ness­ee, in 1880, and was work­ing as an evan­gel­ist by 1886. His works in­clude: Tid­ings of Joy (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: 1878) National Tid­ings of Joy (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Con­ven­tion of Amer­i­ca, 1878) Gospel Mel­o­dies, with Will­iam Dale & Charles Pol­lock (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Cum­ber­land Pres­by­ter­ian Pub­lish­ing House, 1890) Spirit and Life, with Ed­mund Lo­renz (Day­ton, Ohio: Chris­tian Pub­lish­ing As­so­ci­a­tion, 1893)… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Someone will knock at the saints' bright home]
Composer: D. E. Dortch
Incipit: 55555 66551 11111
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 23 of 23)
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Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 3 #176

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Crowning Day No. 3 #86

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Dortch's Gospel Voices No. 1 #14

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Favorite Solos #38

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Glorious Praise #103

Heavenly Highway Hymns #103

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Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ #128

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Lasting Hymns #54

New Century Carols #148

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New Harvest Bells #123

Pearls of Paradise #14

Popular Hymns Number 3 #89

Sacred Chimes #211

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Song Service #98

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Songs of Christian Service #75

Songs of the Kingdom #149

Songs of Zion #5

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Sweet Harmonies #14

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The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #89

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The Best Standard Songs #97

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The Century Gospel Songs #87

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The Cyber Hymnal #9054

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Victory Bells #82

Exclude 22 pre-1979 instances
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