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Charles Whitney Coombs (1859, Bucksport, Maine – 1940, Montclair, New Jersey) was an American composer and organist. He was prolific in both sacred and secular music.
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| Short Name: | C. Whitney Coombs |
| Full Name: | Coombs, C. Whitney (Charles Whitney), 1859-1940 |
| Birth Year: | 1859 |
| Death Year: | 1940 |
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)
Tunes by C. Whitney Coombs (3) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSION (Coombs) | C. Whitney Coombs, 1859- (Composer) | 2 | 51173 66555 51121 |
| REDEMPTION (Coombs) | C. Whitney Coombs, 1859- (Composer) | 2 | 51561 76551 56176 |
| WHITNEY (Coombs) | C. Whitney Coombs (Composer) | 3 | 57653 54333 2433 |
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