[When the skies are hid, and the billows roll]

[When the skies are hid, and the billows roll]

Composer: Will H. Ruebush
Published in 3 hymnals


Composer: Will H. Ruebush

William Howe Ruebush (Will H. Ruebush) 1873-1956 Born: June 4, 1873, Sing­ers Glen, Vir­gin­ia. Died: October 6, 1956, Elk­ton, Vir­gin­ia. A vo­cal mu­sic teach­er ear­ly in his ca­reer, Rue­bush di­rect­ed an ar­my band in France in World War I. Af­ter the war, he led ma­ny ci­vil­ian or­ches­tras and bands, and taught at sev­er­al schools, in­clud­ing the Shen­an­do­ah Con­serv­a­to­ry of Mu­sic in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia. He com­posed ma­ny marches, in­clud­ing The Stone­wall Bri­gade March, Shen­an­do­ah, and the Al­ma Ma­ter Song for Tu­lane Un­i­ver­si­ty. Rue­bush spent most of his life in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia, where he be­came pre­si­dent of the Rue­bush-Kieff­er Pub­… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [When the skies are hid, and the billows roll]
Composer: Will H. Ruebush
Incipit: 55111 12343 55522
Copyright: Public Domain

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Life Songs #99

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The Sheet Music of Heaven (Spiritual Song) #189

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The Sheet Music of Heaven (Spiritual Song) #189

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