Who can tell what notes of sadness

Who can tell what notes of sadness

Author: Thomas Hastings
Published in 8 hymnals

Author: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

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First Line: Who can tell what notes of sadness
Author: Thomas Hastings
Copyright: Public Domain

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Sabbath School Gems of Music and Poetry #118a

Sabbath School Gems #d151

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Juvenile Songs #56

Liturgy and Hymns for Sunday Schools #d201

Sunday School Hymn Book #d193

The Psalmodist #d274

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