Natalie Sleeth

Natalie Sleeth
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Short Name: Natalie Sleeth
Full Name: Sleeth, Natalie, 1930-1992
Birth Year: 1930
Death Year: 1992

Natalie Allyn Sleeth (née Wakeley) (October 29, 1930 – March 21, 1992) was an American composer.

Sleeth was born in Evanston, Illinois. In 1934, she began to study the piano at the early age of four. Later in her life, she received an Academic major in music and a BA in music theory at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She married a Professor of Homiletics, Reverend Ronald E. Sleeth.

One of her best-known anthems for choir is entitled "Joy in the Morning" and was written for the West Virginia Wesleyan College concert chorale on the occasion of her husband's inauguration as the president of West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1977.

Another favorite, sung widely in the United Church of Canada is "In the Bulb There is a Flower." This was composed as an anthem and dedicated to Ronald, who was diagnosed with cancer very soon after its composition. It was written for the Pasadena Community Church, St. Petersburg FL, conducted by C. Frederick Harrison, and first performed by their choirs in March 1985. It was also performed at Ronald's funeral, the only song of hers to be performed for that occasion at his request. It appears as hymn #703 in the United Church of Canada hymnal, Voices United (Toronto: The United Church Publishing House, 1996). It also appears as hymn #707 under the title "Hymn of Promise" in the United Methodist Hymnal (Nashville, TN: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1989).

She was a member of the Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX.

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Texts by Natalie Sleeth (16)sort iconAsInstances
Christ has conquered death at lastNatalie Sleeth (Author)3
Everywhere I go, the Lord is near meNatalie Sleeth (Author)2
Go now in peace, go now in peaceNatalie Sleeth (Author)9
Go ye, go ye into the worldNatalie Sleeth (Author)7
God of great and God of smallNatalie Sleeth (Author)3
Good news! Good news! News of great joyNatalie Sleeth (Author)2
If you love me, truly love meNatalie Sleeth (Author)2
In the bulb there is a flowerNatalie Sleeth (Author)10
In the bulb there is a flowerNatalie Sleeth (Author)2
Praise the Lord with the sound of trumpetNatalie Sleeth (Author)8
There'll be joy in the morning on that dayNatalie Sleeth (Author)4
'Twas all part of the planNatalie Sleeth (Author)2
We are all children of the LordNatalie Sleeth (Author)2
Were You There on That Christmas NightNatalie Sleeth (Author)2
Who's goin' to tell the story?Natalie Sleeth (Author)3
Worship and rememberNatalie Sleeth (Author)3