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Sweet Bells of heaven

Author: Mary E. Butters Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Sweet bells of Heav'n, how glad ye ring Used With Tune: [Sweet bells of Heav'n, how glad ye ring]

[Sweet bells of heav'n, how glad ye ring]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Clara H. Scott Incipit: 55555 65511 77665 Used With Text: Sweet Bells of Heaven

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Author: Mary E. Butters Hymnal: Truth in Song #63 (1896) First Line: Sweet bells of Heav'n, how glad ye ring Languages: English Tune Title: [Sweet bells of Heav'n, how glad ye ring]

Sweet bells of heav'n, how glad ye ring

Author: Mary E. Butters Hymnal: Unity Song Selections #133 (1926) Languages: English Tune Title: [Sweet bells of heav'n, how glad ye ring]

Sweet Bells of Heaven

Author: Mary E. Butters Hymnal: Unity Song Selections #133 (1941) First Line: Sweet bells of heav'n, how glad ye ring Languages: English Tune Title: [Sweet bells of heav'n, how glad ye ring]

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Clara H. Scott

1841 - 1897 Composer of "[Sweet bells of heav'n, how glad ye ring]" in Unity Song Selections 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