WHITNEY (Coombs)

WHITNEY (Coombs)

Composer: C. Whitney Coombs
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: C. Whitney Coombs

Coombs, Charles Whitney, author of "Long years ago, o'er Bethlehem's hills" (Christmas Carol), was born at Bucksport, Me., in 1859. He was organist of the American Church at Dresden, Saxony, for a time, and since 1892 of the Church of the Holy Communion, N.Y. His carol was included in the Methodist Hymnal, 1905. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: WHITNEY (Coombs)
Composer: C. Whitney Coombs
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 57653 54333 2433
Key: E♭ Major

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AGO Founders Hymnal #15

Include 1 pre-1979 instance
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