[I have heard Thy voice, Lord Jesus] (Sankey)

Composer: I. Allan Sankey

Ira Allan Sankey, 1874-1915 Born: Au­gust 30, 1874, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land. Died: December 30, 1915, United States. Son of Ira Sank­ey, Al­len stu­died ci­vil en­gin­eer­ing and ar­chi­tect­ure at Prince­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty, grad­u­at­ing in 1897. In 1898, he be­came pre­si­dent of the Big­low & Main mu­sic pub­lish­ers in New York Ci­ty. He al­so served as vice-pre­si­dent of the Leeds and Cat­lin Pho­no­graph Com­pa­ny, and on the Ad­vi­so­ry Board of the Green­ich Bank. His works in­clude: The Male Quar­tette, with George Steb­bins Best En­dea­vor Hymns, with John Cle­ments (New York: The Big­low & Main Co., 1907) Hallowed Hymns, New and Old (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­n… Go to person page >