CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

Composer: J. H. Fillmore
Published in 21 hymnals


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Composer: J. H. Fillmore

James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music Hous… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: CHRIST IS PRECIOUS
Composer: J. H. Fillmore
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain
Incipit: 33334 32544 44323
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #5862
Text: Oh, The Precious Love Of Jesus
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #92

Sacred Selections for the Church #172

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The Cyber Hymnal #5862

Include 18 pre-1979 instances
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