Die liebe Kapelle

Author: William S. Pitts

William Savage Pitts MD USA 1830-1918. Born at Yates, NY, the son of Puritans, he was the 8th of nine children. He had musical ability from an early age, taking formal music lessons from a graduate of the Boston Handel & Hadyn Society. At age 19, he traveled with his family to Rock County, WI, where he worked as a rural music schoolteacher in Union, WI. He taught for several years, there and at singing schools, and for brass bands, composing much of their music. In 1857 he traveled to Fredericksburg, IA, to visit his fiancee, Ann Eliza Warren, a teacher. Along the way he stopped his horse-drawn wagon at Bradford, IA, to rest. He walked across a field and saw a picturesque wooded valley formed by the Cedar River. Viewing the spot, h… Go to person page >

Translator: Ernst Gebhardt

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Text Information

First Line: Ich weiß eine liebe Kapelle
Title: Die liebe Kapelle
English Title: The Church in the Wildwood
Author: William S. Pitts
Translator: Ernst Gebhardt
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Frohe Botschaft und Evangeliums-Lieder #140

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Gemeinschafts-Lieder. 7th ed. #126

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Neue Zions-Lieder #130

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Zions-Klänge #47

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