[Ein Schäflein von der Waiden]

[Ein Schäflein von der Waiden]

Composer: G. F. Root
Published in 10 hymnals


Composer: G. F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Ein Schäflein von der Waiden]
Composer: G. F. Root
Meter: 7s & 6s
Incipit: 53216 56516 15324
Key: B♭ Major
Source: "Sab. School Bell"
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 10 of 10)
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Frohe Lieder und Brüder-Harfe #79

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Glockenklänge #229

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Messages of Love Hymn Book #45

Our Sunday-School Songs #103

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Select Sunday School Songs #103

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Songs of Praise #93

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The Little Seraph #106b

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The Little Seraph #161

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The New Sabbath School Hosanna #117

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Unser Liederbuch #259

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