W. T. Giffe

W. T. Giffe
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Short Name: W. T. Giffe
Full Name: Giffe, W. T. (William Thomas), 1848-1926
Birth Year: 1848
Death Year: 1926

Born: June 28, 1848, Port­land, In­di­a­na.
Died: Ju­ly 13, 1926, Se­at­tle, Wash­ing­ton.
Buried: Mount Hope Cem­e­te­ry, Lo­gans­port, In­di­a­na.

Giffe grew up in Coll­ege Cor­ners, In­di­a­na (near Port­land), and served in the Army dur­ing the clos­ing days of the Amer­i­can ci­vil war. Af­ter the war, he at­tend­ed Li­ber Coll­ege, and stu­died law for two years. While in col­lege, he was a mem­ber of the col­lege glee club, and took les­sons in the col­lege sing­ing school. Lat­er, he stu­died with teach­ers such as J. W. Suff­ern, George Root, Lu­ther Em­er­son, Ho­ra­tio Pal­mer, and Hen­ry Perk­ins.

Giffe had a fine bar­i­tone voice, and was in de­mand as a con­cert sing­er. He soon be­came pop­u­lar as a chor­us di­rect­or and con­ven­tion con­duct­or. His first book for sing­ing schools was New Fa­vo­rite, which sold thou­sands of co­pies. The Ol­iv­er Dit­son Com­pa­ny of Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts, pub­lished ma­ny of his ear­ly works, but Giffe went on to form his own pub­lish­ing house, the Home Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, in Lo­gans­port, In­di­a­na. He al­so ed­it­ed the Home Mu­sic Jour­nal for sev­er­al years. Lat­er, Giffe be­came su­per­vis­or of mu­sic in the pub­lic schools in his home town. And he was one of three men se­lect­ed to de­liv­er an ad­dress in Lo­gans­port, In­di­a­na, at the me­mor­i­al ser­vic­es for as­sas­sin­at­ed pre­si­dent Will­iam Mc­Kin­ley.

Giffe and his wife Nan­cy had no child­ren. His works in­clude:
The Bril­liant, 1874
Crown of Gold, with Frank Da­vis (Lo­gans­port, In­di­a­na: Home Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, 1892)
The New Deal, with Lou­is Eich­horn (Lo­gans­port, In­di­a­na: Home Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, 1898)
A Prac­ti­cal Course in Har­mo­ny and Mu­sic­al Com­po­si­tion

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Texts by W. T. Giffe (59)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
All the bells of heaven go ringing when a soul returnsW. T. Giffe (Author)English3
Are your lamps all brightly burning; do they cast a loving light?W. T. Giffe (Author)English4
Be valiant soldiers of the LordW. T. G. (Author (3rd stanza))English1
By and by, the mists shall all be cleared awayW. T. Giffe (Author)English5
Cadets of temperance, hear ye the callW. T. Giffe (Author)English1
Cheer up, weary heart, with joy may you runW. T. Giffe (Author)English4
Christian, thy night may be long and drearyW. T. G. (Author)English5
Come, let us sing of fount and spring What drink with water can compareW. T. Giffe (Author)English4
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for youW. T. G. (Author)English6
Do we follow Jesus trulyW. T. Giffe (Author)English2
Father, I come to Thee, in my humilityW. T. Giffe (Author)English6
Hark! hear the Christmas bells!W. T. Giffe (Author)2
Hark, the vesper hymn is stealingW. T. Giffe (Author (St. 2))English1
Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come and drinkW. T. G. (Author)English9
I am looking tonight at the stars so brightW. T. G. (Author)3
I do believe that Jesus hearsW. T. G. (Author)English2
I know that my Redeemer lives, Although He died on CalvaryW. T. Giffe (Author)English2
I love the name of Jesus, I love the name of JesusW. T. Giffe (Author)English4
I would bathe in the fountain of the love of JesusW. T. Giffe (Author)English5
I'll not give up the BibleW. T. Giffe (Author)English8
In heaven above, in that land of loveW. T. Giffe (Author)1
In peace I lay me down and sleepW. T. Giffe (Author)2
In that city eternal what joys to be toldW. T. G. (Author (v. 3))1
In the Lamb's book of life that is kept in heavenW. T. G. (Author)English16
In the loving care of Jesus I am trustingW. T. Giffe (Author)English3
Jesus will help you the victory to winW. T. G. (Author)English2
Jesus, wilt Thou guard the slumberW. T. G. (Author)English9
Like a shepherd, his flock he'll feedW. T. Giffe (Author)3
Nearer the crystal sea, nearer eternityW. T. G. (Author)English5
New pearls of song for Jesus we bringW. T. Giffe (Author)1
Night has let her sable curtain fallW. T. Giffe (Author)2
O the coming of the King, the coming of the KingW. T. Giffe (Author)English3
O wonderful place where Jesus prayedW. T. Giffe (Author)English6
O I love to hear the storyW. T. G. (Author)English4
O, spirit of song, go forth through the landW. T. Giffe (Author)English3
O wonderful prayer that Jesus prayedW. T. G. (Author)English5
Onward and upward, go forth in thy mightW. T. G. (Author)English7
Ring, glad bells, O, ring your joyful layW. T. Giffe (Author)English2
Salvation, O the joyful sound!W. T. Giffe (Author (Chorus))English1
Send a shout along the lineW. T. Giffe (Author)English5
Send out the life boat across the dark waveW. T. G. (Author)English2
She is waiting by the riverW. T. G. (Author)1
Tell the joyful tidings far and wideW. T. Giffe (Author)English3
The Lord of life and glory knocksW. T. Giffe (Author)English4
The way of the Lord is best when you find itW. T. Giffe (Author)English5
There is a place I love to go, where more of Jesus I may knowW. T. G. (Author)English2
There's sunshine and love in my soul todayW. T. G. (Author)English3
They tell me of a man of oldW. T. G. (Author)English3
Though we're tossed on life's rough oceanW. T. Giffe (Author)2
Under the shadow of his wing let me hideW. T. Giffe (Author)6
Up above the stars where the angels dwellW. T. G. (Author)English4
We are almost homeW. T. Giffe (Author)2
We are children of a King, a heavenly KingW. T. G. (Author)English2
We are marching home to Zion, To the blessed land aboveW. T. G. (Author)English7
We read in sacred storyW. T. G. (Author (3rd stanza))English1
We'll gather from the eastW. T. Giffe (Author)3
We'll shout aloud through all the landW. T. Giffe (Author)3
When the last farewell is spokenW. T. Giffe (Author)English3
With a song on our lips and a prayerW. T. Giffe (Author)English2

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