Short Name: | H. R. Palmer |
Full Name: | Palmer, H. R. (Horatio Richmond), 1834-1907 |
Birth Year: | 1834 |
Death Year: | 1907 |
Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881.
His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In America its use is extensive. Dr. Palmer's degree was conferred by the University of Chicago in 1880.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Palmer, H. R., p. 877, i. The hymn "Would you gain the best in life" (Steadfastness), in the Congregational Sunday School Supplement, 1891, the Council School Hymn Book, 1905, and others, is by this author.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Hymnals by H. R. Palmer (6) | As | Publication Year |
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Forest Songs for Chautauqua Assemblies | H. R. Palmer (Editor) | 1888 |
Garnered Gems: of Sunday School Song | H. R. Palmer, Mus. Doc. (Editor) | 1892 |
Life-Time Hymns: a collection of old and new hymns of the Christian Church | H. R. Palmer (Editor) | 1896 |
Palmer's Book of Gems: for the Sunday School: a new collection of favorite hymns and tunes for use inthe services of the church, the praise meeting, as well as for the choir and the home | H. R. Palmer, Mus.Doc. (Editor) | 1887 |
Palmer's Sabbath School Songs: to which is added an extensive collection of standard and well-known Sunday school hymns | H. R. Palmer (Editor) | 1868 |
Songs of Love for the Bible School | H. R. Palmer (Editor) | 1874 |