[Master, we are Thine forever]

Composer: Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet (Alexandre César Léopold) was born in Paris, Oct. 25, 1838, died there, June 3 1975. He entered 8n 1848 the Conservatoire, where he studied composition under Halévy, and won the prix de Rome in 1857. Before graduating he had broguth out an operetta, Docteur Miracle, at the Bouffes Parisiens. On his return from Italy he composed and produced several opéras-comiques, whiche had but indifferent success. His overture, Patrie, and especially his interludes to Daudet's L'Arlésienne (afterwards published as two orchestral suits) were far better received. The corner-stone of his fame, however, was the Opera Carmen, which at once placed him in the foremost rank of modern French composer. This, and the suites L'Arlésienne and Roma… Go to person page >

Composer: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >