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The Sacred Harp #424
Tune Title: SWEET UNION First Line: Awake, my soul, in joyful lays Composer: J. P. Reese Meter: L.M. Key: E♭ Major Date: 1991
The Sacred Harp #424
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SWEET UNION
SWEET UNION
Composer: J. P. ReesePublished in 1 hymnal
Composer: J. P. Reese
John Palmer "Ripples" Reese was born in Jasper County, Georgia. After service in the Civil War as a member of the 37th Georgia Infantry, he spent most of his life as a composer and singing instructor in the Sacred Harp movement. He was a revisor for the 1859 edition of The Sacred Harp. He was president of the Chattahoochee Convention. Reese died in 1900, in Newnan, Georgia.
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