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Short Name: J. Jefferson Cleveland
Full Name: Cleveland, J. Jefferson, 1937-1986
Birth Year: 1937
Death Year: 1986

Judge Jefferson Cleveland (1937-1986) was one of the most important scholars and editors of African-American congregational song of the 20th century. Along with Verogla Nix, he edited what is arguably the most groundbreaking collection of African-American song in the last half of the 20th century, Songs of Zion (1981/1982).

Lutheran hymnologist Marilyn Stulken provides a biographical sketch of Cleveland’s life and accomplishments. Born in Georgia, Cleveland graduated from Clark College (Atlanta), Illinois Wesleyan University and received his doctorate in education from Boston University.

He served on the faculty of three historically black Christian colleges: Claflin College (South Carolina), Langston University (Oklahoma), and Jarvis Christian College (Texas), before teaching at the University of Massachusetts and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.

Cleveland’s musical arrangements, historical research and scholarship on the performance practice of African-American song have proven invaluable for the advancement of black gospel song, not only among African Americans, but also in Anglo hymnals to the present day. For example, Cleveland’s essay, “A Historical Account of the Hymn in the Black Worship Experience,” in Songs of Zion is a helpful introduction for laypersons and scholars alike.

In addition to serving as a hymnody consultant for the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship, he toured the United States and Africa in 1981 and Europe in 1984 as a teacher, lecturer and performer.

--www.umportal.org/


Tunes by J. Jefferson Cleveland (59)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
NEW BRITAINJ. Jefferson Cleveland (Arranger)251313 21655 13132
AMEN (Spiritual)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)116513 21354 35432
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLICJ. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)155554 35123 33211
[Beams of heaven, as I go]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)113565 31123 32155
[Before I'd stay in hell one day]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)111455 43511 17551
[Better mind my sister]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-1988 (Harmonizer)551111 33311 33221
BLESSED QUIETNESS (Marshall)J. Jefferson Cleveland (Arranger)734513 21617 65
[Chariot rode on the mountain top]J. Jefferson Cleveland (1937-1988) (Harmonizer)256111 56553 5633
[Remember me, remember me]J. Jefferson Cleveland (Harmonizer)612321 34553 24342
DEEP RIVERJ. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-1986 (Arranger)232126 11116 53232
[Went to the rocks for to hide my face]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Composer)156535 35565 35321
[Did ever you see the like before]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)136533 21653 32122
[Enter God's gates with thanks and praise]J. Jefferson Cleveland (Composer)255531
[Glory, glory, hallelujah] (Spiritual)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)156113 13132 11616
[I got a crown up in the Kingdom]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)111353 21171 11557
[I trust in God wherever I may be]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-1988 (Arranger)656535 17212 34576
WHOLE WORLD (Spiritual)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)155353 13555 55442
SHINE ON MEJ. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-1986 (Arranger)233116 51111 11123
I SHALL NOT BE MOVEDJ. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)133434 22222 23221
[I stood on the river of Jordan]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)251323 35611 32111
BE READYJ. Jefferson Cleveland (Arranger)211135 56661 53212
[I'm so glad that trouble don't last always]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)111111 65611 33333
OLD TIME RELIGIONJ. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)155611 16511 12232
[I've never been to Heaven, but I've been tol']J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)113131 11121 23131
[Jubilee, Jubilee]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)133533 54433 35335
[Keep yo' han' on de plow]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)212334 56543 13555
SOMEBODY'S KNOCKIN'J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)111321 61155 16535
[Life is like a mountain railroad] (Tillman)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)133312 32111 12165
[Lord, I'm bearin' heavy burdens]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)157113 31555 57121
[Lord, let me love; let loving be the symbol]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Composer)354123 55412 33343
MARTYRDOM (Wilson)J. Jefferson Cleveland (Arranger)451651 23213 53213
NEAR THE CROSS (Doane)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-1988 (Harmonizer)534321 66511 33234
[O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness] (Cleveland)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Composer)211326 56776 71217
O FREEDOMJ. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)156112 13135 61132
[One God] (Cleveland and Smith)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Composer)233212 31176 71123
[Our Father who art in heaven] (West Indian)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)117511 17511 11223
OVER MY HEADJ. Jefferson Cleveland (Arranger)211131 13322 11112
[Po' sinner, do you love Jesus?]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)166533 33111 66343
[Praise God with the sound of trumpet]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-1986 (Composer)1555555 34544 44321
[See that sister dressed so fine]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Composer)132111 33332 22233
SOJOURNERJ Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-1986 (Arranger)1013551 32135 77515
[Some say that John the Baptist] (51231)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)151231 21611 35123
[Sometimes I feel like a moanin' dove]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)113131 23216 12121
STAND BY ME (Tindley)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1936-1986 (Arranger)412333 21567 11355
[Surely been 'buked and surely been scorned]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937-1986 (Arranger)366161 22161 111
[Thank you, Lord, Thank you, Lord] (Spiritual)J. Jefferson Cleveland (Harmonizer)432143 26713 43211
[The day is past and gone] (Cleveland)J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Composer)255154 32155 56675
[The foxes, they have holes in the ground]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)155333 33333 54444
[This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)155553 15555 31111
TRUST IN THE LORD (Spiritual)J. Jefferson Cleveland (Arranger)556161 16132 16161
[Watch that sun, how steady he runs]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)155112 23213 31157
[We shall overcome]J. Jefferson Cleveland, b. 1937 (Harmonizer)755665 43556 6543
[Went to the graveyard the other day]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)151131 33111 11555
WERE YOU THEREJ. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)151333 21321 13555
GO DOWN MOSESJ. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)153322 33155 771
WOKE UP THIS MORNINGJ. Jefferson Cleveland (Arranger)333561 16161 56113
WOODWORTHJ. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)112335 43234 355
[Yes, Yes]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Arranger)155566 66653 23555
[You'd better min' how you talk]J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1937- (Harmonizer)111133 21361 13333
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