Short Name: | Evan Stephens |
Full Name: | Stephens, Evan, 1854-1930 |
Birth Year: | 1854 |
Death Year: | 1930 |
Evan Stephens (1854-1930) was a Welsh composer, conductor, and teacher. Born in Pencader, Carmarthenshire, Wales, he emigrated to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1866. He directed the vocal music program at the University of Utah from 1885 to 1900, and directed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 1890 to 1916. Stephens is remembered for his many contributions to the cultural growth of the state of Utah, his leadership of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and for the numerous hymns and songs he composed. - from the Library of Congress authority file
Tunes by Evan Stephens (49)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[All hail the glorious day] (Stephens) | E. Stephens (Composer) | 2 | |
[Arbor morning, bright and fair] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 55567 12337 13543 |
[Awake, ye Saints of God, awake!] | Evan Stephens, 1854–1930 (Composer) | 4 | 51562 17715 45617 |
[Come dearest Lord, descend and dwell] | E. Stephens (Composer) | 2 | |
[Father of life and light] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 3 | 15654 32343 25156 |
[Father, thy children to thee now raise] | E. Stephens (Composer) | 5 | 17654 32123 44323 |
[For the strength of the hills we bless thee] | E. Stephens (Composer) | 6 | 55131 55655 44312 |
[Gladly meeting, kindly greeting] (Stephens) | E. Stephens (Composer) | 5 | 34511 76535 17567 |
[Go, when the morning shineth] (Stephens) | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 4 | 33334 56554 32543 |
[Hark! hark! hark! A bird is singing there in the tree] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 11134 65434 56517 |
[Hark! hark to the swell of that rapturous song] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 55434 51355 67155 |
REMEMBRANCE (Stephens) | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 5 | 35465 51776 62354 |
[In robes of light, than day more bright] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 53433 26232 21511 |
[In that bright and holy city] | E. Stephens (Composer) | 4 | 51323 45532 12343 |
[Kind and heavenly Father, from Thy holy dwelling] | E. Stephens (Composer) | 5 | 32432 31171 72166 |
[Kind friends, as here I stand to sing] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 3 | 55133 33332 12345 |
[Land of the mountains high] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 3 | 51332 33244 35133 |
[Lean on my ample arm] | Evan Stephens, 1854–1930 (Composer) | 2 | 32354 37125 32355 |
[Leaves are falling, falling, falling] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 33333 33331 43233 |
[Let us all press on in the work of the Lord] | E. Stephens (Composer) | 5 | 34513 54564 34432 |
[Let us join in a song in the morning] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 3 | 56512 32116 56712 |
[Let's be kind to one another] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 3 | 34653 55423 54244 |
[Lo, the mighty God appearing!] | Evan Stephens, 1854–1930 (Composer) | 4 | 55123 21552 34444 |
[O awake! my slumbering minstrel] (Stephens) | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 3 | 34565 54325 65544 |
[O bright, smiling morning, we greet thee with gladness] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 3 | 53345 65334 23453 |
[O happy homes among the hills] | E. Stephens (Composer) | 2 | |
[O if for me the cup you fill] (Stephens) | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 55331 21617 65121 |
[One hundred years since God sent His servant] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 54324 65443 33343 |
[Our mountain home so dear] | E. Stephens (Composer) | 4 | 33354 32543 45671 |
[Praise ye the Lord! My heart shall join] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 4 | 12343 25432 22521 |
[Raise your voices to the Lord] | Evan Stephens, 1854–1930 (Composer) | 2 | 31531 23432 32174 |
[Renowned as the birthplace of patriots] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 51211 76653 35432 |
[See the mighty angel flying!] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 3 | 55546 57765 45667 |
[Shall the youth of Zion falter] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 6 | 51333 21433 21122 |
[Sing, sing the wondrous story] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 4 | 35365 43234 53355 |
[Speak to me kindly, dear papa] | E. Stevens (Composer) | 2 | |
[Spring is tripping over the meadows] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 32345 65435 11767 |
[Sweet is the breath of morning air] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 12354 32321 23225 |
[That the Lord will provide] | E. Stephens (Composer) | 3 | 12343 32117 16523 |
[The Savior at Jerusalem] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 35353 23433 53234 |
[The voice of God again is heard] | Evan Stephens, 1854–1930 (Composer) | 2 | 53353 12323 51325 |
[This house we dedicate to Thee] (Stephens) | E. Stephens (Composer) | 2 | |
[Today, while the sun shines, work with a will] | E. Stephens (Composer) | 5 | 55123 16567 62271 |
[We are the bees of Deseret] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 53517 65435 65427 |
[We ever pray for thee, our prophet dear] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 6 | 55554 32343 67654 |
[What is fairer than the roses] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 12345 65343 23453 |
[What was witnessed in the heavens?] | Evan Stephens, 1854–1930 (Composer) | 4 | 56713 32155 56523 |
[While passing through this earthly life] | Evan Stephens (Composer) | 2 | 55435 17661 17671 |
[Ye simple souls who stray] | Evan Stephens, 1854–1930 (Composer) | 3 |