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Jesus, when He left the sky
Meter: 7.7.7.5 Appears in 105 hymnals Hymnal Title: The Presbyterian Book of Praise 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: J. H. Hall Hymnal Title: Crowning Day No. 2 Incipit: 33334 32222 21233 Used With Text: Little Ones Like Me
[Jesus, when He left the sky]
[Jesus, when he left the sky]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: W. T. G. Hymnal Title: Glory Bells Incipit: 32156 51233 43321 Used With Text: Little Ones Like Me
[Jesus, when he left the sky]
Little ones like me
Hymnal: A Hymnal and Service Book for Sunday Schools, Day Schools, Guilds, Brotherhoods, etc. #309 (1893) Hymnal Title: A Hymnal and Service Book for Sunday Schools, Day Schools, Guilds, Brotherhoods, etc. First Line: Jesus, when He left the sky Languages: English
Little ones like me
Little ones like me
Hymnal: Bells of Victory #d69 (1945) Hymnal Title: Bells of Victory First Line: Jesus, when he left the sky Languages: English
Little ones like me
Little ones like me
Hymnal: Bright Blossoms of Song #d48 (1895) Hymnal Title: Bright Blossoms of Song First Line: Jesus, when he left the sky Languages: English
Little ones like me
Jacob Henry Hall
1855 - 1941 Person Name: J. H. Hall Hymnal Title: Crowning Day No. 2 Composer of "[Jesus, when He left the sky]" in Crowning Day No. 2 Jacob Henry Hall, 1855-1941
Born: January 2, 1855, near Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Died: December 22, 1941.
Buried: Dayton, Virginia.
Son of farmer George G. Hall and Elizabeth Thomas Hall, Jacob attended singing schools taught by Timothy Funk when he was a boy. As his love of music progressed, he earned money by trapping quail and bought a German accordion; he soon learned to play one part while singing another. After he and his brother jointly purchased an organ, he taught himself to play hymn tunes, Gospel songs, and anthems. He went on to study music theory, harmony, and composition in Harrisonburg and elsewhere, and in 1877 attended a Normal Music School in New Market, Virginia, taught by Benjamin Unseld and P. J. Merges. Afterward, he partnered with H. T. Wartman for two years to conduct singing schools and conventions. In 1890, Hall attended Dana’s Musical Institute in Warren, Ohio, and a normal school run by George & F. W. Root at Silver Lake, New York. He later served as principal of the National Normal School of Music.
Hall’s works include:
Hall’s Songs of Home, 1885
The Star of Bethlehem (Dayton, Virginia: Ruebush-Kieffer Company)
Musical Million (assistant editor)
Spirit of Praise, with William Kirkpatrick & Charles Case (Dayton, Virginia: The Ruebush-Kieffer Company, 1911)
Hall’s Quartettes for Men, 1912
Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers/em> (New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1914)
Sources--
Hall, pp. 329-34
Lyrics--
Glorious Morning Dawns, The
O Thou Whose Matchless Power Controls
--hymntime.com/tch
Jacob Henry Hall
W. T. Giffe
1848 - 1926 Person Name: W. T. G. Hymnal Title: Glory Bells Composer of "[Jesus, when he left the sky]" in Glory Bells 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
--www.hymntime.com/tch
W. T. Giffe
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Hymnal Title: Junior Songs 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
