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Author: C. H. G. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Softly singing, Lightly winging Refrain First Line: Angels of slumber are hov'ring near Used With Tune: [Softly singing, Lightly winging]

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[Softly singing, Lightly winging]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 31615 16131 61232 Used With Text: Slumber-Angels

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Slumber-Angels

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Primary School Carols #95 (1914) First Line: Softly singing, Lightly winging Refrain First Line: Angels of slumber are hov'ring near Languages: English Tune Title: [Softly singing, Lightly winging]

Slumber, angels

Author: Charles H. Gabriel Hymnal: School Carols #d263 (1914) First Line: Softly singing, lightly winging Refrain First Line: Bye-lo Languages: English

Slumber-Angels

Author: C. H. G. Hymnal: Little Branches No. 3 #44 (1899) First Line: Softly singing Refrain First Line: Bye-lo Languages: English Tune Title: [Softly singing]

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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: C. H. G. Author of "Slumber-Angels" in Primary School Carols Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman