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Abre mis ojos a la luz
Author: S. D. Athans Appears in 21 hymnals Used With Tune: [Abre mis ojos a la luz]
Abre mis ojos a la luz
[Abre mis ojos a la luz]
Appears in 212 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles H. Scott Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 17656 65527 65765 Used With Text: Abre Mis Ojos A La Luz
[Abre mis ojos a la luz]
ABRE MIS OJOS
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Raquel Mora Martínez Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 11231 43277 12532 Used With Text: Abre mis ojos (Open My Eyes)
ABRE MIS OJOS
Abre Mis Ojos A La Luz
Author: Clara H. Scott; Speros D. Athans, 1883-1969 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13603 Languages: Spanish Tune Title: [Abre mis ojos a la luz]
Abre Mis Ojos A La Luz
Abre Mis Ojos A La Luz
Author: S. D. Athans Hymnal: Melodias Evangelicas para el Uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Española en Todo el Mundo #84 (1935) Languages: Spanish Tune Title: [Abre mis ojos a la luz]
Abre Mis Ojos A La Luz
Abre Mis Ojos A La Luz
Author: S. D. Athans; Clara H. Scott Hymnal: Himnos de la Vida Cristiana #141 (1967) Languages: Spanish Tune Title: [Abre mis ojos a la luz]
Abre Mis Ojos A La Luz
Clara H. Scott
1841 - 1897 Author of "Abre mis ojos a la luz" in Mil Voces para Celebrar Clara Harriett Fiske Jones Scott USA 1841-1897. Born at Elk Grove, IL, daughter of a farmer, the family moved to Chicago in 1856. Clara enrolled in the first Chicago Musical Institute, after founders, Chauncy M Cady and William Bradbury, opened it in 1858. Following her graduation from the program, she found employment at the new Lyons Girl’s Seminary (also founded in 1858) in Lyons, IA. While working there, she met Henry Clay Scott, who worked for Scott & Ovington Brothers wholesale crockery company. The two married in 1861 in McGregor, IA. They had two daughters, Medora and Mary. The family moved to Austin, IL, near Chicago in the 1870s. She become a composer, hymnwriter, and publisher. She was the first woman to publish a volume of anthems, ‘The Royal anthem book’ in 1882. Horatio Palmer, a friend, helped her publish her songs. She issued three collections of songs. In 1895 she and her husband, now an invalid, moved to Chicago. In 1897 she was returning to her friend’s house after attending a funeral in DuBuque, IA. She was driving a horse-drawn buggy with two friends, Martha Hay and D D Myers. The buggy’s hold-back strap snapped, spooking the horse, who raced forward, colliding with a coping stone, causing the buggy to roll. Clara and Martha were thrown out and both died instantly. The third lady, D D, was severly injured. Clara’s funeral was well-attended by music writers, teachers, professors, publishers, and friends. Two of her own compositions were sung by a quartet of close friends. She died at Dubuque, IA.
John Perry
Clara H. Scott
Raquel Mora Martínez
b. 1940 Composer of "ABRE MIS OJOS" in Fiesta Jubilosa Raquel Martinez (b. January 17, 1940) is a well-known composer and arranger of Hispanic songs and hymns. She has degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso and Perkins School of Theology and the School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. She served as editor of the official United Methodist hymnal, Mil Voces Para Celebrar (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996).
--www.gbod.org/lead-your-church/hymn-studies/
Raquel Mora Martínez
Speros Demetrios Athans
1883 - 1969 Person Name: S. D. Athans Author of "Abre mis ojos a la luz" in Himnario Adventista Speros Demetrios Athans was born 1883 in Turkey. Raised in the Greek Orthodox Church, Athans left home at age 15, after his father’s death. He spent two years on the island of Corfu, Greece, and two more in Egypt, then went to Great Britain, where he worked as a sailor. In 1903 he went to America, and during immigration processing, someone gave him a New Testament in Greek. A year later, he joined a Nazarene church in Chicago, Illinois. He then enrolled in a Bible school and university. While in school in California, he began to study Spanish and to work with the Latino community. In 1910 he decided to work in evangelism. In 1931, he joined the Methodist missionary work in Latin America, retiring in 1949.
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Speros Demetrios Athans
