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W. T. Giffe

1848 - 1926 Hymnal Number: 154 Composer of "["White as snow!" O what a promise]" in Priceless Pearls Born: June 28, 1848, Port­land, In­di­a­na. Died: Ju­ly 13, 1926, Se­at­tle, Wash­ing­ton. Buried: Mount Hope Cem­e­te­ry, Lo­gans­port, In­di­a­na. Giffe grew up in Coll­ege Cor­ners, In­di­a­na (near Port­land), and served in the Army dur­ing the clos­ing days of the Amer­i­can ci­vil war. Af­ter the war, he at­tend­ed Li­ber Coll­ege, and stu­died law for two years. While in col­lege, he was a mem­ber of the col­lege glee club, and took les­sons in the col­lege sing­ing school. Lat­er, he stu­died with teach­ers such as J. W. Suff­ern, George Root, Lu­ther Em­er­son, Ho­ra­tio Pal­mer, and Hen­ry Perk­ins. Giffe had a fine bar­i­tone voice, and was in de­mand as a con­cert sing­er. He soon be­came pop­u­lar as a chor­us di­rect­or and con­ven­tion con­duct­or. His first book for sing­ing schools was New Fa­vo­rite, which sold thou­sands of co­pies. The Ol­iv­er Dit­son Com­pa­ny of Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts, pub­lished ma­ny of his ear­ly works, but Giffe went on to form his own pub­lish­ing house, the Home Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, in Lo­gans­port, In­di­a­na. He al­so ed­it­ed the Home Mu­sic Jour­nal for sev­er­al years. Lat­er, Giffe be­came su­per­vis­or of mu­sic in the pub­lic schools in his home town. And he was one of three men se­lect­ed to de­liv­er an ad­dress in Lo­gans­port, In­di­a­na, at the me­mor­i­al ser­vic­es for as­sas­sin­at­ed pre­si­dent Will­iam Mc­Kin­ley. Giffe and his wife Nan­cy had no child­ren. His works in­clude: The Bril­liant, 1874 Crown of Gold, with Frank Da­vis (Lo­gans­port, In­di­a­na: Home Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, 1892) The New Deal, with Lou­is Eich­horn (Lo­gans­port, In­di­a­na: Home Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, 1898) A Prac­ti­cal Course in Har­mo­ny and Mu­sic­al Com­po­si­tion --www.hymntime.com/tch
W. T. Giffe

G. W. Lyon

1838 - 1903 Hymnal Number: 58 Composer of "[To the cross I long was clinging]" in Priceless Pearls George Washington Lyon, born August 12, 1838 in DeKalb County, Georgia, was a musician, composer and music publisher and teacher; He died April 8, 1903 in Atlanta, Georgia. Dianne Shapiro, from Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14155468/george-washington-lyon) and obituary, Atlantic Constitution, April 9, 1903 (https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34121111/) (accessed 7/5/2018)
G. W. Lyon

Thomas C. Neal

1849 - 1916 Person Name: Rev. T. C. Neal Hymnal Number: 31 Composer of "[Children of the heav'nly King]" in Priceless Pearls
Thomas C. Neal

F. Stiles O'Flying

Person Name: F. Stiles O'Flying, M. D. Hymnal Number: 132 Composer of "[Jesus, lover of my soul]" in Priceless Pearls
F. Stiles O'Flying

Emma Graves Dietrich

Hymnal Number: 7 Author of "Faith's Prayer" in Priceless Pearls
Emma Graves Dietrich

Katharine E. Purvis

Hymnal Number: 107 Author of "When the Saints Are Marching In" in Priceless Pearls
Katharine E. Purvis

Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster

1838 - 1912 Person Name: M. E. Sangster Hymnal Number: 49 Author of "Daily Bread" in Priceless Pearls
Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster

J. G. Crabbe

Person Name: J. G. C. Hymnal Number: 142 Author of "Beauty for Ashes" in Priceless Pearls 19th Century
J. G. Crabbe

Emily P. Miller

Hymnal Number: 86 Author of "What Are You Doing for Jesus?" in Priceless Pearls
Emily P. Miller

George Bennett

Person Name: Geo. Bennett Hymnal Number: 23 Author of "Lord of the Nations" in Priceless Pearls
George Bennett

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