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FIGHT ON

FIGHT ON

Composer: J. P. Reese
Published in 2 hymnals


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: FIGHT ON
Composer: J. P. Reese
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 11345 71755 34515
Key: e minor or modal
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Let All that Hath Breath: An Organ Album for the 50th Anniversary of the Association of Anglican Musicians
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Selah Publishing Company, Inc. (2016) pp. 30
  • The Organist's Companion Volume 10 Number 6 October 1988 General, All Saints, Reformation, Thanksgiving: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
    Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; G. Winston Cassler
    Published By: McAfee Music Corporation (1988) pp. 14
  • Four Preludes on Early American Tunes: Pipe Organ and Hammond Registration
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Abingdon Press (1961) pp. 11
  • Eight Preludes on Old Southern Hymns: From "The Sacred Harp"
    Composer/Editor Gardner Read
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1952) pp. 18
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Instances

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)

The Sacred Harp #385a

The Sacred Harp #385a
Include 1 pre-1979 instance
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