[Open Thou mine eyes that I may behold] (Fillmore)

[Open Thou mine eyes that I may behold] (Fillmore)

Composer: J. H. Fillmore
Published in 3 hymnals


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 >

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Title: [Open Thou mine eyes that I may behold] (Fillmore)
Composer: J. H. Fillmore
Incipit: 15436 66717 11111
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymns for Today #p315

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The Junior Hymnal #O91

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Unity Song Selections #68

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