ETERNAL DAY

Composer: J. P. Reese

John Palmer "Ripples" Reese was born in Jasper County, Georgia. After service in the Civil War as a member of the 37th Georgia Infantry, he spent most of his life as a composer and singing instructor in the Sacred Harp movement. He was a revisor for the 1859 edition of The Sacred Harp. He was president of the Chattahoochee Convention. Reese died in 1900, in Newnan, Georgia. Antonio Higgins Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: ETERNAL DAY
Composer: J. P. Reese (1859)
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
Incipit: 55713 17534 53175
Key: d minor or modal
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

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The Sacred Harp #383

The Sacred Harp #383
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