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Thomas C. Griggs

Short Name: Thomas C. Griggs
Full Name: Griggs, Thomas Chapin, 1845-1903
Birth Year: 1845
Death Year: 1903

Wikipedia Biography

Thomas Cott Griggs (19 June 1845 – 12 August 1903) was an English-born Latter-day Saint director and hymnwriter. He was the composer of the music to "Gently Raise the Sacred Strain", which has been used by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for over three-quarters of a century as the opening number in the Music and the Spoken Word broadcasts.
Wikipedia Biography

TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Thomas C. Griggs (6)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[Come, go with me, beyond the sea]T. C. Griggs (Arranger)151235 12332 1321
[Earth, with her ten thousand flowers]T. C. Griggs (Composer)551756 27122 32171
[Gently raise the sacred strain]T. C. Griggs (Composer)415315 72435 31235
[Joy to the world, the Lord will come]T. C. Griggs (Composer)2
[We sing of the land of the blest] (Griggs)Thomas C. Griggs (Composer)234555 51655 34444
[With hearts sincere we now meet here]Thomas C. Griggs (Composer)253321 56716 51672

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