[Have you heard the sobbing of a thousand million souls]

[Have you heard the sobbing of a thousand million souls]

Composer: Haldor Lillenas
Published in 4 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Have you heard the sobbing of a thousand million souls]
Composer: Haldor Lillenas
Meter: 13.8.13.8 with refrain
Incipit: 55171 23217 6155
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #8425
Text: Have You Heard The Sobbing?
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
Text

The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #532

The Crown #39

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #8425

The Missionary Message in Song #43

Exclude 3 pre-1979 instances
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