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Horace Clarence Boyer

Short Name: Horace Clarence Boyer
Full Name: Boyer, Horace Clarence, 1935-2009
Birth Year: 1935
Death Year: 2009

Horace Boyer (b. Winter Park, Flordia, July 28, 1935; d. Amherst, Massachusetts, July 21, 2009) was professor of music at the University of Massachussetts, Amhurst, editor of the African American hymnal Lift Every Voice and Sing, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, and author of How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel (Elliot & Clark, 1995).

Sing! A New Creation

Wikipedia Biography

Dr. Horace Clarence Boyer (July 28, 1935 – July 21, 2009) was one of the foremost scholars in African-American gospel music.
Wikipedia Biography

TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Horace Clarence Boyer (20)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLICHorace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) (Arranger)255554 35123 33211
[Church gettin' higher! Rockin’ Jerusalem!]Horace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) (Arranger)155466 15546 11554
GO DOWN MOSESHorace Clarence Boyer, b. 1935 (Arranger)453322 33155 771
GO TELL ITHorace Clarence Boyer, b. 1935 (Arranger)233216 51222 12323
[God be with you, God be with you] (Dorsey)Horace Clarence Boyer, b. 1935 (Arranger)756111 11633 33111
HE IS KINGHorace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) (Arranger)156123 56123 11223
[If when you give the best of your service]Horace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) (Arranger)154535 17653 43424
JESUS LOVES ME (Bradbury)Horace Boyer (Arranger)353323 55661 66555
PRECIOUS LORDHorace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) (Arranger)234555 13321 16166
OVER MY HEADHorace Clarence Boyer, 1935- (Arranger)111131 13322 11112
O FREEDOMHorace Clarence Boyer, 1935- (Arranger)156112 13135 61132
AMEN (Spiritual)Horace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) (Arranger)116513 21354 35432
STILLE NACHTHorace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) (Arranger)156535 65322 77115
SPARROWHorace Clarence Boyer, b. 1935 (Arranger)756531 23456 11554
TAKE ME TO THE WATERHorace Clarence Boyer, b. 1935 (Arranger)335321 13553 23235
YES GOD IS REALHorace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) (Arranger)154433 32117 65545
[This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine]Horace Clarence Boyer (Harmonizer)1455553 15555 31111
WAYFARING STRANGERHorace Clarence Boyer, 1935-2009 (Arranger)711554 54311 34413
JACOB'S LADDER (Spiritual)Horace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) (Arranger)233335 55322 22466
WONDERFUL CHILDHorace Clarence Boyer (Arranger)111111 12312 11111

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