Short Name: | J. E. Thomas |
Full Name: | Thomas, J. E. (J. Edmond) |
Birth Year: | 1860 |
Death Year: | 1946 |
J. Edmond Thomas Born: December 6, 1860, Calhoun County, Arkansas. Died: April 30, 1946, Fort Worth, Texas. Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. Note: Some sources give his first name as John; his tombstone says James. Thomas was the husband of Courtney Lee Wigley and Pearl Hatchett (married 1923) In 1874, his family moved from their farm in Texas to Arkansas. His father died later that year.
As the oldest son, he had his hands full supporting the family, but he managed to begin attending a vocal school at age 17, under Professor T. A. Bridges. He later studied under Horatio Palmer and George A. Goodrich.
He began a full time music career in 1890, and with Franklin Eiland and John M. Greer, and helped found the Trio Music Company in Waco, Texas, in 1892. He went on to establish the Quartet Music Company in Fort Worth, Texas.
A teacher, composer, music compiler, and publisher for over 44 years.
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Tunes by J. E. Thomas (32) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[Are you at your station ready] | John Edmund Thomas (Composer) | 3 | 54351 23311 21165 |
[Bring them to him who is able to save] | J. Edmond Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 51215 56116 55555 |
[Come, listen to my story now] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 51321 61551 56353 |
[Come view the cross where Jesus died] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 55612 16512 22132 |
HALLELUJAH, WE SHALL RISE | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 31 | 56111 21656 12165 |
[Happy voices sing] | J. Edmond Thomas (Composer) | 3 | 65355 32133 13211 |
[Hark to the sound of the Gospel] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 33344 43113 34323 |
[Heard you not that railroad whistle?] | John Edmund Thomas (Composer) | 5 | 56116 51112 32165 |
[I am coming with the story] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 51333 32111 21165 |
[I am so glad salvation's free] | John Edmond Thomas (Composer) | 14 | 56721 11612 15567 |
[I have a worn and faded book] | John Edmond Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 51167 16551 23113 |
[I love to sing the old songs] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 56531 31332 52156 |
[I'm a child of the King] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 9 | 55111 15565 53123 |
[I'm just from the fountain, that's filled with blood] | J. Edmond Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 51123 33165 35565 |
[In the garden, sore oppressed] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 4 | 32121 65555 32123 |
[I've left the vale of darkness and am free from doubt and sin] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 4 | |
[Jesus Christ, the mighty one is passing by] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 3 | 56543 45117 76567 |
[Jesus, lover of my soul] (Thomas) | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 3 | 33312 16513 56532 |
[My heart overflows with a happy song] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 2 | |
[O they tell me of an unclouded day] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 12333 33123 21112 |
[O Thou Rock of my Salvation] (Wesson) | J. E. T. (Arranger) | 2 | |
[On the edge of the Kingdom] | Jno. E. Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 55371 21576 56441 |
[Rest to the weary soul] (Nickerson) | J. E. Thomas (Arranger) | 2 | 53332 11211 65511 |
[Star of the eve, with twinkling light] | J. Edmond Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 13515 53655 56131 |
[The harvest is white and the reapers are few] | John Edmund Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 35653 31121 65551 |
[The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want] (Elliott) | J. E. T. (Arranger) | 1 | 56561 71216 53321 |
[There's a mansion where the saints forever rest] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 4 | 56111 11161 15611 |
['Twas not through works that I had done] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 3 | 51112 33312 16155 |
[When the gloom of night surrounds you] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 5 | 56533 32111 11211 |
[When the mists of darkness gather] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 33445 53313 44445 |
[When we meet beyond the portals] | John Edmund Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 13556 53543 21215 |
[When we pass from this earth and its labor] | J. E. Thomas (Composer) | 2 | 34556 51331 34555 |