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Jesus, when He left the sky
Meter: 7.7.7.5 Appears in 105 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Young The Gospel Used With Tune: CAPETOWN
Jesus, when He left the sky
[Jesus when He left the sky]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Pollock Incipit: 33345 55333 12323 Used With Text: Little Ones Like Me
[Jesus when He left the sky]
[Jesus, when he left the sky]
Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 34565 43123 43211 Used With Text: Little Ones Like Me
[Jesus, when he left the sky]
SCHLOSSBERG
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Claire Chapman Incipit: 32167 65112 31677 Used With Text: Jesus, when He left the sky
SCHLOSSBERG
Jesus, When He Left the Sky
Author: M. Rumsey Hymnal: Sacred Songs for Little Singers #22 (1883) Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, when he left the sky]
Jesus, When He Left the Sky
Jesus, When He Left the Sky
Hymnal: The Message in Song #103 (1903) Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, when He left the sky]
Jesus, When He Left the Sky
Jesus, when He left the sky
Hymnal: The Calvary Hymnal #314 (1891) Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, when He left the sky]
Jesus, when He left the sky
Anonymous
Person Name: Unknown Author of "Little Ones Like Me" in Special Radio Selections In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Jesus, when he left the sky]" in Junior Songs John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission
John R. Sweney
Chas. H. Gabriel
1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles H. Gabriel Composer of "[Jesus, when He left the sky]" in Timeless Truths Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree
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For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades.
Bert Polman
Chas. H. Gabriel
